Lakes are fascinating ecosystems, and provide valuable resources for drinking water, aquaculture, and recreation. But they are also extremely sensitive to climate and land-use changes. Lake Geneva (or Lac Léman) sits along the France-Switzerland border and is home to LéXPLORE, a unique floating laboratory used to assess the impact of global changes and monitor lake […]
For over a decade, Buffalo State University’s Great Lakes Center has maintained and operated a real-time monitoring buoy deployed off the coast of Dunkirk, New York, in Lake Erie’s eastern basin. Funded by the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) and with field support from the NYSDEC Lake Erie Fisheries Research Unit, the buoy provides data […]
Waves are periodic ridges or swells on the surface of bodies of water caused by energy passing through the water. Energy transfer from wind is the driving force behind most common surface gravity waves throughout the globe. As air passes over the water, the friction at the air-water interface produces localized wave crests. Unimpeded wave […]
