<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/04/ksu-and-renew-appalachia.php" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>04/02/2025</pubDate><title>KSU and Renew Appalachia Establish a Landmark Microclimate Monitoring System in Eastern Kentucky</title><author/><summary/><image><img src="" alt="Placeholder"/></image><caption/><description>Kentucky State University (KSU) established a microclimate, trace gas, and soil moisture monitoring station in Martin County, Kentucky, in collaboration with Renew Appalachia, a non-profit organization involved in the forest restoration project in Eastern Kentucky. This instrumentation in Martin County is essential to address the current challenges in managing active, abandoned, and reclaimed mine lands.  The surrounding overburden...</description></item>