Articles By Emily Bowman

Ocean drifter array

Oceans

Students join ocean sensor network through NOAA program

A drifting, temperature-sensing buoy was recently released into the waters offshore of Fagatele Bay in American Samoa, joining a global collection of instruments that provides important environmental data, according to a release from the NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries program.

  • Posted August 29, 2012
NOAA's Nancy Foster

Oceans

NOAA cruise tracks fish, maps spawning habitat off Florida Keys

When it comes to fish spawning, what happens in the Tortugas does not stay in the Tortugas. In fact, fish spawning between the Tortugas and Key West is crucial to not only the biodiversity of the Florida Keys, but to the biodiversity of other states as well, said Karrie...

  • Posted August 10, 2012
Box corer sediment sampler in Lake Huron aboard the R/V Lake Guardian, July 2012. Credit: NOAA.

Lakes

Extensive Lake Huron study sets stage for seasonal monitoring

A five-project study is providing Great Lakes researchers the ability to understand the ecology of Lake Huron to help manage water quality and fisheries in the lake.

  • Posted August 6, 2012

Technology

Stalled oyster restoration prompts new monitoring tech

A shortage of oysters in a Maryland stream has prompted Maryland scientists to deploy a vertical profiler that assesses the entire water column, according to a blog post from YSI, the instrument’s manufacturer.

  • Posted August 1, 2012
Florida Keys yellow goatfish

Oceans

Fish habitat in Florida Keys reserve to be mapped

A 10-day cruise aboard the NOAA ship Nancy Foster will allow Florida scientists to map fish spawning sites between Key West and the Dry Tortugas, according to a release from the agency.

  • Posted July 31, 2012
director of the Center for Trace Analysis at the University of Southern Mississippi

Rivers

Data confirms East Pearl River not contaminated by Hurricane Katrina

A team of researchers in Mississippi launched a two-year study that found water quality in the East Pearl River was not affected after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

  • Posted July 25, 2012
Jeff Robichaud, deputy director of EPA Region 7's environmental services division visits with youth at an event announcing an expansion of water-quality monitoring of Kansas City area streams and introduction of a new App “KCWaterBug”

Technology

KCWaterBug app relays real-time bacteria estimates

A new smartphone program is helping to keep families around Kansas City safe from possible bacteria in local streams and rivers.

  • Posted July 19, 2012
Brush Creek

Technology

iPhone app, real-time monitoring warn Kansas City swimmers

A new smartphone program is helping to keep families around Kansas City safe from possible bacteria in streams.

  • Posted July 18, 2012