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'''Lakebed 2030''' is an ambitious mapping initiative spearheaded by the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS), a nonprofit Regional Association of NOAA’s Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) under the Department of Commerce, to fully document the Great Lakes lakefloor at high resolution. Lakebed 2030 aims to create a comprehensive, high-resolution map of the Great Lakes lakefloor by 2030, integrating new and existing bathymetric data for public access, seeking to enhance safety, environmental management, and scientific understanding of the lakes by addressing critical knowledge gaps in lakebed topography and features. Notable efforts include collecting over 25 million soundings in Lakes Erie and Ontario since 2022, revealing features like sinkholes and shipwrecks, with only 15% of the 94,250-square-mile lakebed mapped to modern standards as of 2025, driving a collaborative push to complete the "Great Map" amid climate change pressures. | '''Lakebed 2030''' is an ambitious mapping initiative spearheaded by the [[Great Lakes Observing System]] (GLOS), a nonprofit Regional Association of NOAA’s [[Integrated Ocean Observing System]] (IOOS) under the Department of Commerce, to fully document the Great Lakes lakefloor at high resolution. | ||
Lakebed 2030 aims to create a comprehensive, high-resolution map of the Great Lakes lakefloor by 2030, integrating new and existing bathymetric data for public access, seeking to enhance safety, environmental management, and scientific understanding of the lakes by addressing critical knowledge gaps in lakebed topography and features. | |||
Notable efforts include collecting over 25 million soundings in Lakes Erie and Ontario since 2022, revealing features like sinkholes and shipwrecks, with only 15% of the 94,250-square-mile lakebed mapped to modern standards as of 2025, driving a collaborative push to complete the "Great Map" amid climate change pressures. | |||
{{Official URL (simple)|url=https://glos.org/lakebed-2030/}} | {{Official URL (simple)|url=https://glos.org/lakebed-2030/}} | ||