News & Announcements

Join us for a virtual info session TOMORROW, Jan 15 @ 2pm EST! We will talk about the program, give an overview of the application process & timeline, & answer your questions. Click on the image for 2025 Summer Fellowship and registration information.

Come work with us! CIGLR is hiring 2 positions: 1) Research Engagement Specialist, closes January 19, 2025 and 2) Postdoc Fellow in Molecular Ecology, closes February 1, 2025. Click image to learn more.

The 2024 issue highlights CIGLR’s seventh All Partners Meeting, new multimillion-dollar research awards, provides research institute and regional consortium updates, and introduces new staff, students and fellows. If you are interested in a .pdf or print version of the magazine, please contact CIGLR at: [email protected].. Click image to read.

Our colleague Maria Kavanaugh and the Seascape Ecology Lab at Oregon State University will be hiring at least two postdoctoral scholars, a phytoplankton ecologist and seascape ecologist, to work on projects related to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in US coastal waters, contributing to the Great Lakes Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON). Click image for more information and how to apply.

Our friends at the Marine Physical Laboratory (MPL) at the prestigious Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego are currently seeking inquisitive, motivated undergraduates w/ exceptional aptitude for quantitative science & technology to apply for the 2025 MPL Summer Internship Program. Click image for more information.

In this Issue: Advanced Buoy Sensors; Greenhouse Gas Dynamics in GLs Coastal Wetlands; 2025 CIGLR Programs; Media with Impact

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.