Welcome to the April edition of The Ripple Effect! Each month, we host Water Testing Weekend. On Water Testing Weekend (the last Sunday of every month), we encourage you to […]
Author: Gabrielle Parent-Doliner
Community-based water monitoring as a way to measure road salts in freshwater
March in the colder parts of North America signals the beginning of spring, with ice off and snow melting. Freshly exposed streets and sidewalks in urban areas are usually not […]
Measuring the impact of fouled waters on people
This is the first part of the four part series, quantifying the impact of Harmful Algae Blooms (HABs) and nuisance algae on lakeside communities and people living and visiting the […]
Cladophora in the Great Lakes, and what to do about it
Cladophora is a native algae species in the Great Lakes. While it is not invasive, it certainly feels like an annual summerly invasion when this stinky, slimy green algae shows […]