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July 22, 2016
by Kaye LaFond
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The tricky business of predicting climate change impacts on Great Lakes water levels

An early online release of GLERL researcher Brent Lofgren’s paper entitled “Physically Plausible Methods for Projecting Changes in Great Lakes Water Levels Under Climate Change Scenarios” can be found on the American Meteorological Society’s Journal of Hydrometeorology website. In the paper, Dr. … Continue reading

July 19, 2016
by Nicole Rice
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Working to understand the drivers of bloom toxicity in Lake Okeechobee

Last week, GLERL scientist Tim Davis spent time down in Florida sampling and conducting field experiments in Lake Okeechobee and the St. Lucie River, two major freshwater ecosystems in Florida that are currently under a state of emergency due to the presence of harmful … Continue reading