University of Toledo environmental researchers trooped through the woods and wetlands of the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge for a week in early June.

Their mission?

To outfit an approximately 16-acre site with nearly 300 sensors that will constantly monitor a slew of metrics related to the soil, water and plants, including the flow of sap through trees.

“Think of it like a patient in the ICU,” said Dr. Michael Weintraub, a soil ecologist and professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences. “We’re trying to get as much information as possible.”

The latest infrastructure installation advances the work of a large-scale collaborative project known as Coastal Observations, Mechanisms and Predictions Across Systems and Scales: Field Measurements and Experiments (COMPASS-FME), which se

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