October 12, 2021
by Margaret Lansing
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The NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) and Michigan Technological University (MTU) Great Lakes Research Center recently teamed up on the deployment of a wave glider in Lake Superior. The chemical and biological data collected will help researchers understand … Continue reading
September 14, 2021
by Gabrielle Farina
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Four years ago, NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) and the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) began providing an Experimental Lake Erie Hypoxia Forecast Model to warn stakeholders of low-oxygen upwelling events that can cause water quality … Continue reading
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
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
June 28, 2017
by Katherine Glassner-Shwayder
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Researchers partner with drinking water plant managers to forecast hypoxia in Lake Erie By Devin Gill, Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research and Kristin Schrader, Great Lakes Observation Systems Lake Erie’s “dead zone” not only impacts the lake’s ecosystem, but … 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
March 24, 2017
by Katherine Glassner-Shwayder
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A collaborative research team, led by Drs. Craig Stow of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (NOAA GLERL) and Mark Rowe of the University of Michigan’s Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER), will … 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
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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