News & Announcements
Runaway Robot Found in Lake Erie (2/2)
Our first attempt to retrieve the harmful algae and toxin tracker – ESPNiagara – from Lake Erie was unsuccessful. Somehow the ESP had slipped from the cable and was left on the bottom of Lake Erie. But with the help of some extra equipment and underwater cameras our ESP was recovered! Thank you Paula Tutman and WDIV Local 4 Detroit for a great story and interviews!
Great Lakes Underwater Mission (1/2)
Scientists from CIGLR and the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory use an ‘underwater robot’ called the ESPNiagara to monitor harmful algae and toxins in Lake Erie. Here, Paula Tutman from WDIV Local 4 Detroit follows us as we attempt to retrieve the ESP from Lake Erie for routine maintenance. However, we were left staring at an empty cable and no ESP…
Robotic Lab Tracking Toxicity of Lake Erie Algal Bloom
A new research tool to safeguard drinking water is now keeping a watchful eye on Lake Erie. This week, scientists from CIGLR, the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab & the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute successfully worked together to deploy the ESPniagara, a robotic lake-bottom laboratory that tracks levels of dangerous toxins produced by cyanobacteria that bloom each summer in the lake’s western basin.
Tsunamis on the Great Lakes?
CIGLR’s Meteotsunami Summit was covered by WDIV Local 4 Detroit. Included are interviews by our partners at NOAA-GLERL, Eric Anderson, and the University of Michigan Graham Sustainability Institute, David Schwab! Watch here.
Meteotsunami Warning System for the Great Lakes: A CIGLR Summit
The Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) is kicking off its 2017 summit series by focusing on the development of a meteotsunami warning system for the Great Lakes. Tsunamis are a common, yet largely under recognized, phenomenon in the Great Lakes…
Spring 2017 eNewsletter
In this Issue: Director’s Letter from Dr. Brad Cardinale. CIGLR Impacts. Spring Announcements. Our New CIGLR employees. Great Lakes Summer Fellow Spotlight. Featured Research, Invasive Hitchhikers: Catching a Ride on Lake Currents. Featured Research, Ready, Set, Science! Summer Research on the Great Lakes. Recent Publications. Sign up to receive CIGLR’s quarterly eNews and stay informed about Great Lakes research and events.
Winter 2017 eNewsletter
In this Issue: Director’s Letter from Dr. Brad Cardinale. CILER Impacts. Winter Welcome, Our New CILER employees. Graduate Fellow Spotlights. Featured Research, HABs and Hypoxia Data Portal. Featured Research, Forecasting Movement of Hypoxic Water in Lake Erie. Recent Publications. Sign up to receive CILER’s quarterly eNews and stay informed about Great Lakes research and events.
Welcome to the CILER Team, Emily Davenport!
CILER welcomes Emily Davenport, ESP Research Technician, to the CILER-GLERL harmful algal bloom (HAB) research team this January. She will be leading deployments of the ESPniagara to monitor western Lake Erie HABs alongside Drs. Tim Davis (GLERL) and Tom Johengen...
Apply for 2017 Summer Fellows Program!
CILER is happy to announce the opening of 2017 Summer Fellow applications! Sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab (GLERL), this program aims to provide promising undergraduate students (juniors or...
CILER is GLIN’s December Site of the Month
CILER is the Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN)'s site of the month for December! GLIN Site of the Month "The GLIN December Site of the Month is the newly redesigned Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER) website. CILER is a research...