LimnoTech
The City of Toledo had been working for some time with LimnoTech, a water engineering firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to design and deploy a monitoring platform for tracking conditions near the city’s water intake on Lake Erie. But […]
Read More →Regional Science Consortium
Presque Isle State Park gets more visitors annually than most national parks, and many of those visitors come for the area’s beaches and fishing. Before they get to the sandy, lagoon-spotted area, many check conditions online thanks to a buoy […]
Read More →Colby College
Community members living around Maine’s Great Pond are working to alter development practices in hopes of reducing phosphorus that flows into the lake. But before they can take substantial steps toward that goal, it’s important to understand the lake’s current […]
Read More →Lakes Environmental Association
After algal blooms and other environmental stressors reduced water clarity on Maine’s Highland Lake, the Lakes Environmental Association launched a data buoy to study the water body’s health. The launch was made possible by an anonymous grant to the LEA. […]
Read More →University of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan’s Buffalo Pound Lake is a shallow drinking water reservoir with a history of algal blooms. And its shallow depths, as well as intensive agriculture surrounding it, haven’t made things easy for scientists working to predict water quality changes there. […]
Read More →University of Maine
Jordan Pond is one of the most transparent lakes in Maine, but the water body has seen cloudier waters in recent years. Declines in clarity began back in the 1990s and the drops appeared to accelerate, with monitoring by the […]
Read More →Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Lake Erie is described by many as the "walleye capital of the world," but dwindling populations of the fish pose a concern for Great Lakes fishermen. The region's multi-billion-dollar commercial and recreational fishing industry relies heavily on walleye, and the […]
Read More →Los Alamos Technical Associates
Sediment in the Spring Creek Arm of the Keswick Reservoir in California previously contained high concentrations of copper and zinc, the source of which was contaminated runoff from the Iron Mountain Mine Superfund Site. In order to protect the downstream […]
Read More →Miami University
Located just minutes away from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, the tranquil and accessible Acton Lake is the perfect training ground for undergraduate and graduate students studying limnology. Not only is it close to campus, it also has a large […]
Read More →Natural Resource Technology
The Ottawa River in northwest Ohio has historically received runoff and discharges from several landfills, industrial facilities, and combined sewers that overflow after heavy rains, making it one of the most polluted waterways in the state. Despite efforts over the […]
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