remote sensing
Eyes in the sky detect Great Lakes harmful algal blooms
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Cyanobacteria can’t grow in the Great Lakes Basin without NASA knowing.
Catch of the Day
Drone businesses become more specialized
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Many drone pilots who started a business to provide photo and video services to clients of all types now are specializing.
Air
Drones raise issue: Who controls prison airspace?
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State officials say that Michigan prisons are buzzed by drones almost weekly as people try to get cell phones, drugs and other contraband to inmates. State lawmakers want to ban flights over prisons, but they’re stepping on the toes of the FAA which regulates the nation’s airspace.
Fish
Hurricane recordings point to possible future for Great Lakes monitoring
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Great Lakes researchers hope that year-long recording of underwater sounds near Puerto Rico could lead to similar recording of fish and other watery sounds here.
Land
Remote sensing technology improves small scale archaeology
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Archaeologists in Michigan unlock new finds and expand search capabilities with remote sensing technology.
Water
Peering beneath Great Lakes ice
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A recent study may lead to better predictions of wintry water conditions as researchers use new techniques to look below and listen to Great Lakes ice.
Water
A “lab-in-a-can” could pioneer protection network for Great Lakes water
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The instrument samples and analyzes water and sends the results to water monitors, making it easier to take multiple measurements that may warn of the presence of harmful chemicals.
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Diving into (sweetwater) sea of data could help Great Lakes, win you money
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Drowning in data? Come up with an app or other product that uses one of the myriads of Great Lakes data sets and you can win up to $5,000. Categories include invasive species, water quality and climate change.
Waste
Robot is on a mission to clean up Great Lakes shorelines
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A new robot could change the game for shoreline trash collection. It will be put to the test this summer in Toronto before going on a mission to clean up an island in Lake Ontario.