Algal Blooms

2019 was a busy one with the launch of the Smart Great Lakes Initiative, continuation of multi-year projects, and the start of some new. Read about some of the most important projects of 2019 in our latest annual impact report.
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Feb. 26, 2019: Water managers and researchers from Lake Erie cities gathered to calibrate sensors used to detect harmful algal blooms (HABs). The event, held at University of Toledo’s Lake Erie Center, brought together individuals from The Ohio State University,
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The webinar ran Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 2:00 pm EST  The recording of this webinar is available here. This webinar will feature two presentations about HABs technology. 1)  California Harmful Algal Risk Management system, Clarissa Anderson, Director, SCCOOS. The
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The Great Lakes will realize faster “time to market” of environmental technology, thanks to the Ocean Technology Transition project, a federal program designed to speed theoretical technology into operation. The three-year grant totaling approximately $2.1 million is dedicated to technology
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With the high water levels and flood events taking place around the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway it’s hard not to think about what must be running off of the land and into the water. Nutrients pouring into the lakes
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If you thought satellites were all the same you’ll learn more watching this short video. NOAA satellites give us information about weather, algal blooms, all sorts of things. They also provide some of the awe inspiring images of the Great Lakes
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John Bratton from LimnoTech write this article that breaks down some of the challenges and subtleties of tracking harmful algal blooms.