Environment/Climate Portal - OverviewThrough its partnerships with industry, government, and academia, NIST is helping to advance measurements and tools for environmental science, for example by calibrating the sensors of climate-mapping satellites and detecting ever more minute quantities of toxins and pollutants in our air, soil, water, and blood. Programs and Projects
Nanoparticle Measurements and Standards for Biomedical Applications and Health
Our goal is to develop certified reference materials, standard test methods, measurements, and critical data for the physicochemical … more
Global Warming and Greenhouse Gases
The Gas Metrology Group has undertaken a major climate change program that involves collaborations with key stakeholders in the United … more
Carbon Mitigation Measurements
The global environmental problems caused by emission of CO 2 (global warming, rising sea levels and increased acidity of oceans) must be abated. … more
HML Organic Chemical Metrology Program Areas
The Organic Chemical Metrology Program exists within the Analytical Chemistry Division, MML, which is located at the Hollings Marine Laboratory in … more
Fundamental Chemical Metrology
The Analytical Chemistry Division serves as the Nation’s reference laboratory for chemical compositional measurements and standards to … more
Pipeline-Scale Flow Measurement Standards for Natural Gas
NIST is developing gas flow calibration tools known as critical flow venturis (CFV), or sonic nozzles, to calibrate natural gas flow meters used … more |
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