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
Traceable Calibration Gases: SRMs, NTRMS, and Protocol Gases
The Gas Metrology Group in the Chemical Sciences Division is tasked with providing traceability in gas analysis for the U.S. This group works with … more
Fundamental Chemical Metrology
The Chemical Sciences Division serves as the Nation’s reference laboratory for chemical compositional measurements and standards to … more
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 |
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