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Heading into the end of November, portions of the Great Lakes region were in a snowfall deficit measured in feet. A lack of cold air kept snow at bay.

The Great Lakes mapping effort will pinpoint hundreds of shipwrecks, illuminate topographical features and identify fisheries, a marine scientist said.

Now, 40 years later, Boehme wants to launch another treasure hunt. As executive director of the Great Lakes Observing System, she’s leading a campaign to map every meter of the lakes’ bottom.

The last effort to map the lakes came in the 1970s. Maps were largely created using single-beam sonar technology similar to today’s commercially available depth- and fish-finders.

Only a fraction of the Great Lakes' bottom has been mapped, and the available charts, completed decades ago, are low-resolution.

We know less about the bottom of the Great Lakes than we do about the surface of Mars, according to Jennifer Boehme. The oceanographer is executive director of the Great Lakes Observing System, an ...

The Great Lakes Observing System has been pushing since 2018 to create high-resolution maps of all five Great Lakes bottoms.

What lies beneath the Great Lakes' waves is largely unknown, but there's a new push to learn more about thousands of shipwrecks, underwater infrastructure and the impacts of climate change.

What lies beneath the Great Lakes' waves is largely unknown, but there's a new push to learn more about thousands of shipwrecks, underwater infrastructure and the impacts of climate change on the ...

News Push to map Great Lakes bottom gains momentum amid promises effort will help fishing and shipping Published: Oct. 02, 2024, 7:46 a.m.

The last effort to map the lakes came in the 1970s. Maps were largely created using single-beam sonar technology similar to today’s commercially available depth- and fish-finders.