NOAA’s Lake Erie Hypoxia forecast is now fully operational In the early 2000s, scientists from NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) teamed up with […]
New forecast tool provides advance warnings of low oxygen levels in Lake Erie Read More >
Blooms of toxic cyanobacteria can impact human and ecosystem health and have led to the death of pets and livestock. Providing accurate and frequent measurements of toxins associated with cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms (HABs) is important for public health and also can impact local economies. Traditional toxin sampling is ship or shore based, and requires several people to be involved and good weather conditions. A new system developed by NOAA and partners offers a robotic alternative that could solve many of the problems associated with traditional sampling and might help develop more detailed warning systems and forecasts for lake communities.
Can robots provide data on toxic cyanobacteria in lakes? Read More >
When the container vessel Dali crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse in Baltimore Harbor on March 26, 2024, deliveries to
Measuring pollution levels in the Port of Baltimore after the bridge collapse Read More >
“We’ve crossed a threshold in which we are at a historic low for ice cover for the Great Lakes as a whole,” says GLERL’s Bryan Mrockza, a physical scientist. “We have never seen ice levels this low in Mid-February on the lakes since our records began in 1973.”
Great Lakes ice coverage reaches historic low Read More >
Many people have been concerned about the low ice coverage that has been observed and recorded in the last few years on the Great Lakes,
Why low ice coverage on the Great Lakes matters Read More >
For a long time now, scientists have wanted to know more about what happens under the ice of the Great Lakes each winter, but getting
Robots give NOAA a peek under the ice of the Great Lakes Read More >
This year, Kristen Schepel from NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory is participating in an employee exchange (known as a detail) with the U.S Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in Washington, D.C. Her assignment: Help patent examiners and others at the USPTO understand climate change and the need for innovations that can help predict and measure its impacts.
Kristen Schepel: Changing the climate for innovation Read More >
NOAA recently announced that Deborah Lee, director of NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL), is being credentialed as an Envision Sustainability Professional by the
GLERL Director Deborah Lee receives credential in sustainable infrastructure Read More >
“The knowledge gained from this research will inform decision makers and stakeholders regarding potential future approaches to marine carbon dioxide removal in our oceans and lakes. We will need many mitigation tools to build a climate-ready future.”
New system uses seawater to capture and store CO2 Read More >
Ice coverage has reached a record low in the Great Lakes for this time of year.
Low ice on the Great Lakes this winter Read More >
