News & Announcements

NEW publication highlights the 2022 Great Lakes Winter Grab! describing a dataset generated by a multi-institutional winter sampling campaign across all five Laurentian Great Lakes & some of their connecting waters. Click the image to learn more.

Come work with us! CIGLR is hiring 4 positions: 1) Laboratory Technician, closes 11/14; 2&3) TWO Biogeochemistry Laboratory Analysts, closes 12/02; 4) Atmospheric Science Research Specialist, closes 12/07. Click image to learn more.

CIGLR is accepting proposals from Regional Consortium members for a suite of programs that aim to build collaborative partnerships through career development opportunities, visionary science, and impactful outreach. Please visit the full program announcements for...

A NEW study by CIGLR scientists Abby Hutson, Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome & 2022 Great Lakes summer fellow Ryan Glassman explains winter weather patterns in the Great Lakes Region of the United States are driven by large-scale weather systems known as “extratropical cyclones” and how the patterns are changing in a warming climate.

Scientists just discovered cold, dark sinkholes in Lake Michigan. “It’s an extreme environment,” said CIGLR Director Gregory Dick. “We typically have to go to Antarctica or Yellowstone National Park or some exotic location to get these extreme ecosystems, but this is in our backyard in the Great Lakes.”

In this Issue: Traits of Great Lakes Cyanobacteria; Great Lakes Storm Surge Flooding; 2024 Summer Fellows; Alumni Spotlight – Holly Kelchner

Many satellite sea ice products are available for download from NOAA and many other data providers. It can often be challenging to know the differences between the products and how each can be applied to a user’s specific application. To address these issues, NOAA’s PolarWatch node has developed a 1-day (6 hours) online course.

UM with CIGLR’s Casey Godwin as principal investigator is recommended for $1.75M for the Great Lakes Marine Biodiversity Observation Network! to assess the regions biodiversity, habitat & key ecosystem functions to meet stakeholders’ information needs.

We’re excited to share CIGLR Connect’s first post with everyone! This blog space is open to anyone from the CIGLR Research Institute, Regional Consortium, program award recipients, and affiliated students. Please email CIGLR Communications Specialist Aubrey Lashaway ([email protected]) with questions, how to contribute, and to learn more.

CIGLR is partnering with the NOAA Restoration Center (RC) and soliciting proposals from CIGLR Regional Consortium members to evaluate a habitat restoration project within the St. Marys River Area of Concern. Proposals are due by COB Monday, May 27th, 2024.