| According to scientists, Lake Erie’s ecology has been rapidly dying due to water pollution since the mid-1990s. Specifically, a toxic algae called microcystis has pervaded the lake and depleted significant portions of oxygen from the water. These algae-infested waters snuff out the indigenous fish population, which is a substantial.. Read more Posted in Lake Biology, Water Quality Also tagged aquatic life, Lake Erie, toxic algae, Water Quality 1 Comment
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Lake Erie’s ecosystem declining due to poisonous algae
Wisconsin fish could become climate change casualty
| According to a new study conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, 30 to 70 percent of Wisconsin’s cisco fish, sometimes called lake herring, could become nonexistent in Wisconsin lakes by the year 2100 due to changing climate conditions... Read more |  |
Product Spotlight: CB-1500 Coastal Data Buoy
| The NexSens CB-1500 Data Buoy is a multi-purpose environmental data buoy for off-shore monitoring in both the Great Lakes and coastal water applications... Read more Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged data buoy, NexSens Technology, Product Spotlight, real-time monitoring, sensor, Water Quality Leave a comment
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‘Dr. Beach’ ranks Great Lakes coasts
| Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman, director of the Laboratory for Coastal Research at Florida International University, recently conducted a search to rank the top five Great Lakes beaches. Leatherman, who has earned the nickname “Dr. Beach” for his extensive research of America’s coastlines, takes numerous criteria into consideration.. Read more |  |
Rip currents continue to kill in the Great Lakes
| Rip currents, sometimes incorrectly called rip tides or undertow, continue to claim 100 lives each year in the U.S, according to Michigan Sea Grant’s Upwellings magazine. Though many believe these currents pull a swimmer under the water, they actually pull them out to sea. These currents consist of a stream of water moving quickly.. Read more Posted in Lake Physics Also tagged channeling, Lake Superior, Michigan Sea Grant, rip currents, Upwellings Leave a comment
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