Nearshore
Stream app turns Great Lakes citizens into scientists
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Anyone can contribute water level information with app unveiled today at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
Energy
Michigan utilities: Smart money on smart meters
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They eliminate meter readers, help shift demand and address outages more quickly.
Air
Top uses for remote sensing in conservation
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Scientists recently identified the top ways to boost awareness of global conservation with satellites and drones.
Wildlife
Sonar maps Lake Huron trout habitat
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Maritime archeologists are swapping shipwreck surveys for trout habitat mapping in Lake Huron’s Sixth Fathom Bank, an ancestral spawning ground for lake trout.
Recreation
Explorers map Great Lakes shipwrecks with lasers, sonar, photo sleds and robots
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High-tech produces high-def views of mysteries of the deep.
Air
Researchers determine turf health with drones
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Michigan State University officials hope to collaborate with a landscape services company to use unmanned aerial vehicles to determine turf health.
Recreation
Remote wave sensor warns kayakers, others of dangerous water conditions
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The system used at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore could be used to increase safety of other Great Lakes beaches and waterways.
Wildlife
Sonar-equipped robo-kayak patrols Welland Canal for carp
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Canadian scientists are launching a robotic kayak equipped with echo sounder sensors in the Welland Canal this week to see if invasive fish such as the Asian carp could travel between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.
Air
Robot week: Lure of nearshore data prompts a Great Lakes buoy arms race
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Red, yellow and blue squares on online maps mark where research scientists Steven Ruberg and Guy Meadows deploy techno-savvy buoys to measure nearshore conditions in the Great Lakes.
Nearshore
Robot week: Remote-controlled Stealth II reveals nearshore landscape
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Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of stories on how new technology is giving researchers a glimpse of the critical nearshore area of the Great Lakes. With researchers hunched over remote controls, operating the Stealth II looks more like playing a video game than doing science. The Environmental Protection Agency purchased the underwater vehicle in May 2009. Using a hand control, agency scientists can operate the Stealth II as it hovers at various depths of the Great Lakes’ nearshore. The Stealth II’s camera allows scientists to map the bottom of nearshore areas and better understand habitat types.