Articles By Eva Lonneman

A NexSens CB-250 data buoy in Chester Morse Lake.

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Supplying Seattle’s Drinking Water: Using Data Buoys to Monitor the Cedar River Municipal Watershed

Providing clean, safe, and reliable drinking water for the 1.6 million people in the greater Seattle area is a top priority for Seattle Public Utilities (SPU). With limited water supplies, SPU dedicates considerable resources to maintain its watersheds and mountain reservoirs. About 70 percent of Seattle Water comes from...

Posted April 30, 2025

A wall of intense snowfall desending on the Buffalo Southtowns during the first of two historic back-to-back lake-effect snow events in November 2014.

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Predicting and Monitoring Ice Weather Events: The Great Lakes Approach to Ice Research

Ice cover on the Great Lakes provides numerous recreational and economic opportunities, including ice fishing, snowmobile charters, and ice caves on the lakes. Unfortunately, declining ice cover and increasing related weather events due to climate change, as well as other environmental stressors, have put such opportunities at risk. Historically,...

Posted August 19, 2024

Valcour research buoy on Lake Champlain.

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Climate Change and Microplastics: Monitoring Lake Champlain

Most people go to Lake Champlain for its exceptional views and thrilling boating, but it’s also home to a wide variety of interesting aquatic research projects. From studying microplastics to thermal dynamics of the lake, Timothy Mihuc, director of the Lake Champlain Research Institute (LCRI) at the State University...

Posted June 24, 2024