Posts for tag "GLEON"
Thin Ice: Year-Long Monitoring in Missouri Reservoirs
The value of multi-lake studies is well understood by international organizations like the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON) and the scientists who work tirelessly to provide data to the larger network. Rebecca North, an associate professor...
- Posted February 26, 2024
Scientists Play the Long Game at Wisconsin’s Trout Lake Research Station
From short term grants to decades-long research, the University of Wisconsin’s Trout Lake Station offers an abundance of research to scientists.
- Posted June 10, 2020
University of Minnesota’s Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve: Making Significant Contributions to Ecosystem Studies and Environmental Monitoring since the 1940s
Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve has a proud history of significant monitoring work that goes back to the beginning of the field of ecosystem ecology. It is also the site of several of the longest field studies...
- Posted July 31, 2019
Pennsylvania’s Lacawac Sanctuary Offers Rare Pristine Glacial Lake to Researchers
Lacawac Sanctuary boasts an unspoiled glacial lake, wetlands, ponds, second-growth forests and a focus on limnology.
- Posted January 31, 2019
From Alkalinity to Zebra Mussels: Murray State’s Hancock Biological Station Reveals Trends Via Long-Term and Real-Time Environmental Monitoring
Murray State’s Hancock Biological Station, a Center of Excellence in Kentucky, uses environmental monitoring to elucidate the inner workings of its large reservoir system
- Posted December 18, 2018
From Acid Rain to Cyanobacteria, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies is a Leader in Environmental Monitoring
New York’s Cary Institute has a long history of important environmental monitoring contributions, from pivotal acid rain research to long-term road salt monitoring.
- Posted December 6, 2018
From Scrub-Jay DNA to Cycles of Carbon, Water and Fire: Archbold Biological Station Offers A Deep Look at Conservation
Archbold Biological Station is a wildlife research haven in the heart of Florida with extensive long-term records for rare species, fire, floods and more.
- Posted November 20, 2018
Q&A With Kathleen Weathers: GLEON Co-Chair Talks On Network’s 10th Year
Weathers, co-chair of the Global Lakes Ecological Observatory Network and a biogeochemist at the Cary Institute, comments on the network’s 10th year.
- Posted July 22, 2015
With New Buoy, West Okoboji Lake Joins GLEON
A new buoy on West Okoboji Lake is adding real-time, high-resolution data to the Lakeside Lab’s more-than-century-long dataset.
- Posted July 6, 2015
GLEON: Ten years of linking lakes and people
The Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network is celebrating ten years of linking lakes, and more importantly, the people who study them.
- Posted June 24, 2015
GLEON 10th anniversary marks a decade of collaborative lake research
The Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network turned 10 this month. According to the GLEON Facebook page, the group held their first meeting on the University of California San Diego Campus in March 2005. They’ve since led the...
- Posted March 31, 2015
Global lake temperature database to aid in monitoring effects of global climate change
Lake temperatures all over the world have been rising due to climate change, and until recently only satellite data could show the phenomenon at a global scale. The efforts of York University researchers and others in 20...
- Posted March 24, 2015
New Rotorua Te Arawa Lakes data buoy tracks polymictic lake’s oxygen dynamics
A data buoy launched in New Zealand’s Lake Rerewhakaaitu will provide scientists with insights into the polymictic lake’s oxygen dynamics and production.
- Posted December 16, 2014
Buffalo Pound Lake buoy to bring new data on skinny, bloom-prone reservoir
Skinny, shallow and bloom-prone, Buffalo Pound Lake is a puzzle for both scientists and treatment plant operators. A new data buoy could help solve it.
- Posted October 22, 2014
On Highland Lake, data buoy to help answer stratification questions
An anonymously funded data buoy on Maine's Highland Lake will help answer questions about stratification, deep oxygen and phosphorus recycling.
- Posted October 15, 2014
On Great Pond, “Goldie” the data buoy tracks a pristine lake in slow decline
A data buoy named "Goldie" is keeping track of changes on Maine's Great Pond, a seemingly pristine lake that scientists say may actually be in slow decline.
- Posted October 9, 2014
Data buoys show how Lake Lacawac and other Northeast lakes respond to extreme weather
Monitoring platforms on Lake Lacawac and other Northeast waterbodies are helping scientists see how lakes respond to extreme weather.
- Posted February 3, 2014
Data buoy on Maine’s Lake Auburn tracks important drinking water source
An uptick in algal blooms is threatening the water clarity that make's Lake Auburn a great drinking water source. A new data buoy helps the investigation.
- Posted October 4, 2013
Lake Lillinonah buoy supplies data for researchers, credibility for advocates
Lake Lillinonah has a garbage problem. The lake sits behind a dam on the Housatonic River and is the first large reservoir encountered by debris that washes into the river upstream. The lake, Connecticut’s second largest, acts...
- Posted July 13, 2012
Lake Sunapee data buoy utilizes NexSens T-Node temperature string
Lake Sunapee in western New Hampshire is known for its exceptionally pure water quality. Much of the water flows out of cold underground springs rising from a bedrock aquifer. The lake has eight islands, several peninsulas and...
- Posted October 14, 2010
