Posts for tag "lake stratification"
Iowa Great Lakes: Glacial Origins to Modern Monitoring
The hummocked landscape of Iowa’s northwest is a looking glass to its glacial past, and the Iowa Great Lakes–a cluster of seven natural lakes in Dickinson County–are no exception. Glaciers are more than enormous blocks of ice...
- Posted March 25, 2026
Monitoring Lake Erie’s Eastern Basin: Building Long-Term Data and Real-Time Public Solutions
In the eastern basin of Lake Erie, off the coast of Dunkirk, New York, a data buoy collects valuable water quality, weather, and wave data that inform residents and regulatory groups of conditions on the water. Since...
- Posted December 9, 2024
Diatoms Dominate Muskegon Lake In A Cold And Rainy Year
An unusually rainy and cold year changed the phytoplankton makeup of one Michigan lake. Climate change makes similar changes more likely in the future.
- Posted October 15, 2021
