News • Sep 18, 2025 • Communications

Researchers Deploy Low-Cost Sensors in Arctic Lakes

A cross-disciplinary team of students and faculty is building open-source tools to study water quality, ice thickness, and permafrost dynamics.

333Arctic lake with snow-capped mountains
Field team at Lake Q. Photo by AU Research.

The initiative empowers undergraduate researchers to contribute to climate resilience while learning modern software and hardware techniques.

Open Data for All

Data and code will be published under open licenses to encourage collaboration across the North.

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