Most of us have been to a library, but what about a LABrary?
If you visit the science center in Patagonia, you may have a chance to explore solutions to Arizona’s environmental issues.
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality opened its first LABrary, where instead of checking out books you can check out lab equipment.
"It’s just the idea of if people had access to scientific and educational equipment, then they could use it in any way they saw fit, and it would be approachable, just like a library," said Meghan Smart, community science coordinator.
Smart also says community members can collect data regarding groundwater and assess the health of the water stream that will be verified and included in the department’s database. The Patagonia LABrary is located in the Paton Center for Hummingbirds.
-
The illness features symptoms like fever, joint aches and fluid in the lungs. Sickened river rafters and boaters are using social media to discover they're not alone in it. -
A common farming device could become a critical solution in Salt River Project's wildfire mitigation efforts. -
The utility plans to buy 600 megawatts, enough to power about 150,000 homes, from a new wind farm in New Mexico. That's up from SRP's current wind portfolio of 288 megawatts. -
Residual smoke from this past weekend’s fireworks and several wildfires could cause breathing problems for some. -
Quasars are incredibly bright objects at the center of galaxies, made of black holes eating gas and dust.
