News & Announcements

The CIGLR ECO team’s rapid and inventive response to the COVID-19 pandemic has ensured continuous and safe public engagement and education for the Great Lakes ecosystem. Their team has overcome shared challenges to keep bringing NOAA’s vital services to the American public. Click to learn more.

CIGLR & NOAA GLERL’s very own #GreatLakes Summer Fellows are highlighted in NOAA’s EEO Connections Newsletter. Even though their internships were virtual, they still contributed in remarkable ways to NOAA’s science. Click picture to read more.

The Water Innovation Fellowship offers a new kind of Postdoctoral experience – one that pairs scholars with forward-thinking Great Lakes industry leaders, as well as academic and federal scientists, to pursue advanced cross disciplinary water research. Closing Date: August 15th. Click to learn more.

The ongoing warming of Lake Michigan increases its susceptibility to Asian carp, in part by reducing the capacity of quagga mussels to act as an ecological barrier against the voracious algae-eating fish, according to a new University of Michigan, CIGLR-led study.

In this Issue: Great Lakes Summer Fellows; Virtual Science; Supporting NOAA’s Mission; Do Zooplankton Fuel HABs?

CIGLR presents our first animated, educational video: “Biogeochemistry Breakdown: The Story of Hypoxia” To view, click the image.

Attention enrolled students: Come work with our colleagues at the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab! They are hiring an ecological science intern via the NOAA Pathways program. https://lnkd.in/gsDQ62P

Ecology research support for #GreatLakes field & lab work.

Posting closes 5/7/2020

CIGLR is seeking an individual to work with the ecological and physical modeling teams at the NOAA GLERL to develop experimental ecological forecasts linked to hydrodynamic models of the Great Lakes Operational Forecast system. Click image to learn more.

In this Issue: Director’s Message; COVID-19: Great Lakes Science from Home; Improving Lake Effect Snow Forecasts; Lake Erie Ecosystem

Travel 5,000 miles & talk to >40 #GreatLakes experts (including many of our partners) on the vital role coastal wetlands play in keeping the Great Lakes healthy. Check out the WCMU News produced video on Detroit PBS, March 31, 8pm. Click image to watch now.