Articles By Annie Beecham

Savannah River and Eugene Talmadge Memorial Bridge

Rivers

Hundreds of water quality sensors bound for Savannah River

Researchers from Clemson University and Coastal Carolina University are collaborating to study the Savannah River, according to a release from the university.

  • Posted August 21, 2012
Springfield, Ohio streams monitored for illegal dishcharges

Rivers

Ohio city sleuths for illegal discharges to streams

Springfield, Ohio, a college town of 60,000 in southwestern Ohio, sits on the confluence of the Mad River and Buck Creek. Springfield’s streams are as much a part of the city as is Wittenberg University.

  • Posted August 20, 2012
Citizen Lake Awareness and Monitoring volunteers

Lakes

Volunteer monitors are watchdogs for Ohio lakes

In May 2009, Grand Lake St. Marys, a lake in western Ohio constructed in the mid-1800s to store water for the Miami-Erie Canal, experienced an outbreak of algae that made lake-goers think twice before taking a dip.

  • Posted August 8, 2012
Peat monitoring

Earth

University measuring extreme weather effects on peatlands GHG emissions

Extreme weather events are often explained by climate change, but a team of researchers at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom is examining if extreme weather could have an impact on climate change, according to a release from the university.

  • Posted August 5, 2012
Monterey Bay

Technology

New Monterey Bay sensors track algae and other troubles

A new system of automated water sensors in Monterey Bay is providing real-time information about the physical ocean environment.

  • Posted July 30, 2012

Wetlands

Coastal marsh modeling to help endangered species managment

“Collecting data in marshes and mudflats is an inherently messy business,” says Kevin Buffington, Biological Science Technician with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Western Ecological Research Center in Vallejo, Calif. Buffington knows well the messy business of studying coastal marsh because, since August, 2010, he has spent long workdays walking...

  • Posted July 23, 2012