March 4, 2019
by Nicole Rice
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A new video SMART BUOYS: Preventing a Great Lakes Drinking Water Crisis released by Ocean Conservancy describes how NOAA forecast models provide advance warnings to Lake Erie drinking water plant managers to avoid shutdowns due to poor water quality. An … Continue reading
December 3, 2018
by Nicole Rice
Comments Off on The HAB season is over, but the work goes on
It’s nearly winter here in the Great Lakes—our buoys are in the warehouse, our boats are making their way onto dry land, and folks in the lab are working hard to assess observed data, experiments, and other results from this … Continue reading
October 2, 2018
by Nicole Rice
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A team of researchers from across the country teamed up over the summer. Their mission: to test how well a third-generation environmental sample processor (3GESP), mounted inside a long-range autonomous underwater vehicle (LRAUV), can track and analyze toxic algae in the Western Basin of Lake Erie. Continue reading
May 10, 2017
by Nicole Rice
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NOAA GLERL harmful algal blooms research program featured on Detroit Public Television As part of a series on The Blue Economy of the Great Lakes, NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) is featured in a short video, produced by … Continue reading
October 14, 2016
by sonia joshi
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How can airplanes help predict harmful algal blooms (HABs)? For several years the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has been using satellites to guide HAB forecasts. But, satellites have their limitations. For example, the Great Lakes region can be … Continue reading
September 13, 2016
by sonia joshi
Comments Off on Analyzing Algal Toxins in Near Real-Time
This morning, along side our partners at the University of Michigan’s Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER), we deployed the very first Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) in a freshwater system. An ESP is an autonomous robotic instrument that works as a … Continue reading
July 19, 2016
by Nicole Rice
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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