Chris Pressey
Mike Rennie
Jesse Vermaire
Christopher Weisener
Marguerite Xenopoulos
Text a buoy and it’ll text you back: Making Lake Erie the most connected Great Lake
Laura Johnston, Cleveland.com – October 9 2019
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The biggest wave in Lake Erie this past summer topped 11 feet. The highest water temperature reached nearly 80 degrees.
That’s according to data from a smart buoy near Cleveland’s water intake crib, about 3 miles north of the downtown shore.…
Have you seen this buoy? Windsor scientist hoping to recover data, scientific equipment
CBC News Jonathan Pinto – August 8, 2019
A University of Windsor professor is missing a high-tech scientific research buoy used for studying Lake Erie algal blooms.
On Wednesday, Jill Crossman was on western Lake Erie as part of the annual “HABs Grab” — an international scientific endeavour that saw scientists collect roughly 200 water samples in an effort to map harmful algal blooms (HABs).…
Sensors to Gauge Rising water Levels
Windsor Star – July 15, 2019
UWindsor researchers are helping the Town of LaSalle deal with flooding by installing high-tech equipment along the Detroit River shoreline to monitor water levels and wave action.
Solar-powered sensors were installed Wednesday near UWindsor’s Freshwater Restoration Ecology Centre adjacent to Gil Maure Park.…
UWindsor research project gets $6.3M boost to study Great Lakes in real-time
Jonathan Pinto · CBC News · Posted: Jan 08, 2018
An ambitious University of Windsor-led project to track changes to the Great Lakes ecosystem has received a big boost from the provincial government.
The “Real-time Aquatic Ecosystem Observation Network” (RAEON) is a $15.5-million project that will allow researchers to monitor the Great Lakes and other freshwater bodies in real-time.…
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