In July 2024, GLERL and partners announced that the tool, known as the Lake Erie Hypoxia Forecast, became fully operational and is now available to water plant managers in the region. This tool provides advance warnings of low oxygen levels in Lake Erie.
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 >
NOAA’s National Sea Grant College Program and Climate Program Office, with support from NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management, are establishing programs that place people across the country into good jobs that advance climate resilience and assist employers in developing a 21st-century workforce that is climate-literate, informed by climate resilience and skilled at addressing consequent challenges.
Meet four women who work in ocean and Great Lakes research and are supporting everything from discovering new species, shipwrecks, and an intriguing golden orb in the deep ocean, to tracking ice coverage and mitigating climate impacts like flooding to communities in the Great Lakes region.
Meet the women advancing NOAA’s exploration and stewardship of the ocean and Great Lakes 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 >
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 >
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 >
After 31 years serving the Great Lakes community, we celebrate the career of Dr. Thomas Johengen as he retires from the University of Michigan. After
A Career of Leadership in Great Lakes Research Read More >
Millions of people rely on the Great Lakes for recreation, industry, and drinking water, and changing water levels can have positive or negative impacts on
Why NOAA tracks water levels in the Great Lakes Read More >
On the afternoon of April 13, 2018, a large wave of water surged across Lake Michigan and flooded the shores of the picturesque beach town of Ludington, Michigan, damaging homes and boat docks, and flooding intake pipes. Thanks to a local citizen’s photos and other data, NOAA scientists reconstructed the event in models and determined this was the first ever documented meteotsunami in the Great Lakes caused by an atmospheric inertia-gravity wave.
New study shows promise of forecasting meteotsunamis Read More >
