this talk has been moved to online; info here: www.facebook.com/events/88639...

Join us Thursday, April 16th @ noon for a #GreatLakes #seminar presented by Jenan Kharbush: "Exploring the role of nitrogen substrate availability in the ecology of Microcystis-dominated CyanoHABs"

Register TODAY: register.gotowebinar.com/register/739...

More: ciglr.seas.umich.edu/event/110620...

🌊 #CIGLRAlumniSpotlight, #WomenInScience: Exploring Freshwater Mysteries: Science Beneath the Surface w/ Dr. Freya Rowland: ciglr.seas.umich.edu/alumni-story... 🔬

This #WaterWednesday, learn from a former #CIGLR postdoc who continues to shape #GreatLakes & water #science around the world!

🌊 NEW BLOG! Across Lakes & Continents: One Scientist’s Path Connecting Freshwater Systems: ciglr.seas.umich.edu/across-lakes...

From the Laurentian #GreatLakes to Africa’s Great Lakes, Melissa Mattwig’s work shows one thing: the future of freshwater depends on global collaboration.

#WomenInScience

and I'll be in Toledo Thursday night to discuss novel and emerging cyanobacterial toxins; free and open to the public.

Could the air near Lake Erie be making people sick? My colleagues David Kennedy, Steven Haller, and others are studying effects of aerosolized algal toxins as part of our Great Lakes Center for Freshwaters and Human Health: www.13abc.com/2026/04/10/u...

3/12/26: Ted Lawrence, Great Lakes Seminar Series YouTube video by CIGLR um

🌍💧🎥 #GreatLakes Seminar: Ted Lawrence (ACARE: www.agl-acare.org) highlighted the African Great Lakes, 25% of the world’s surface freshwater, supporting hundreds of millions. These ecosystems face threats from climate, pollution, habitat loss, overuse & invasives: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ7C...

#WaterWednesday: CIGLR & NOAA GLERL deployed a glider in L. Michigan. These robotic “underwater explorers” collect data from surface to depth, helping track algal blooms, ecosystem change & improve forecasts for navigation, water quality & management: ciglr.seas.umich.edu/project/grea... #GreatLakes

Stay in the loop with the #GreatLakes AI Lab Newsletter

Interested in how machine learning & AI are shaping #GreatLakesSci and decision-making? Sign up for updates on real-world applications: myumi.ch/Mkenb

More about the GLs AI Lab: ciglr.seas.umich.edu/project/ai-l...

@danijones.bsky.social

Upcoming Webinar, open to all: Societal Impacts of Changing #GreatLakes Ice Conditions

When: April 13, 2026
Time: 10:00–11:00 AM ET

👉Register & join via links in flyer or below:
Registration: forms.gle/Gk1CYTQ21zGH...
Zoom: umich.zoom.us/j/94398391835

🌊 #CIGLRAlumniSpotlight, #WomenInScience: Anna Schmidt

From #GreatLakes to global freshwater research, Anna advances food web science. A former #CIGLR fellow/lab analyst, she’s now pursuing a Ph.D. @uvmvermont.bsky.social studying lake ecology & carbon cycling: ciglr.seas.umich.edu/alumni-story...

This planet — with all its troubles — is worth caring for.

That should be our single purpose, as a species: To be stewards of this magnificent world, ensuring it thrives long into the future.

This photo was taken by astronaut Michael Collins in 1969. With the entire Earth in view, along with the lander carrying Armstrong and Aldrin, Collins was the only human being not in the frame.

We are going to get a new view of Earth from lunar orbit soon.

In a new interview, outgoing National Academy of Sciences president Marcia McNutt reflects on her presidency, offers advice to young #WomenInScience, and outlines emerging opportunities and challenges in science.

Read: https://ow.ly/m9Pt50YCQXH

Ann Arbor, Michigan, prepares to launch its own clean energy utility Investor-owned utilities have been slow to ditch fossil fuels. The city of Ann Arbor plans to boost access to renewables with a unique model rolling out…

I'm so excited by & curious about this experiment -- basically Ann Arbor is standing up a second, municipal power utility, devoted to clean energy, to operate alongside its IOU. Unique in the world, far as I know:

Biochemical remodelling of phytoplankton cell composition under climate change - Nature Climate Change The authors simulate phytoplankton macromolecular composition—proteins, carbohydrates and lipids—under present and future scenarios. They show increased protein allocation in subtropical phytoplankton...

Biochemical remodelling of phytoplankton cell composition under climate change www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs 🌊

Great Lakes ice update for March 27, 2026: Combined 24% | Lake Superior 34% | Lake Michigan 12% | Lake Huron 37% | Lake Erie 4% | Lake Ontario 2% | #GreatLakes

Great Lakes ice update for March 27, 2026: Combined 24% | Lake Superior 34% | Lake Michigan 12% | Lake Huron 37% | Lake Erie 4% | Lake Ontario 2% | #GreatLakes

Congrats to all the new fellows of AAAS, including three of my great #MSU (@michiganstateu.bsky.social) colleagues: Elena Litchman (@elenalitchman.bsky.social), Dohun Pyeon, and Elise Zipkin!

The final version of our paper is out! Congrats to @zhuyt0515.bsky.social bsky.social, Hanna Anderson and the rest of the team at @microbialplanet.bsky.social

Characterization of phytoplankton-excreted metabolites mediating carbon flux through the surface ocean

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Water is life💧🌊 We all need it to survive. But our Great Lakes, the largest surface freshwater system on the planet, face serious threats.

On this World Water Day, support organizations like @healthylakes and @healthywaterscoalition that are working to ensure safe, clean water for all.

Cyanotoxins in the Great Lakes basin and their removal in drinking water treatment plants The Great Lakes are the world’s most extensive freshwater system and are prone to cyanobacterial blooms. Different responses of cyanobacteria and thei…

Cyanotoxins in the Great Lakes basin and their removal in drinking water treatment plants

#GreatLakes 🧪

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Having a hard time keeping up with the fast-moving field of origin of eukaryotes/Asgards archaea? Our new perspective article can help, we review the status of research over the last decade and where it's going.

The archaeal roots of eukaryotic life

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Beautiful satellite imagery over the Mitten State today 😍 it’s cool to see banded surface-based convection in Michigan that doesn’t come from the Lakes!

#ASLO is accepting applications for Associate Editor of the #ASLO_Bulletin! Work with the editorial team to curate and review content for the #aquaticsciences community. Aquatic scientists at all career stages are encouraged to apply.

‼️ Review starts 16 March
🔗 www.aslo.org/lob-associat...

#GreatLakesWeek: At the Michigan Chapter of the
@amfisheriessoc.bsky.social Conf, #CIGLR’s Maddie Tomczak shared her research tracking Alewife larvae in L. Michigan. Using long-term monitoring, she studied when larvae appear, peak & taper off, helping manage this key prey species for salmon.

“The future is not fixed... Conservation, restoration and renewed connections between people and nature can improve ecosystem health and strengthen community resilience.”

Mysterious Asgard microbes may point to origins of complex life | CNN Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

www.cnn.com/2026/03/04/s...

#GreatLakesWeek: Just days into March & meteorological spring, the #GreatLakes remain nearly half ice-covered at 46.6%. 🧊🌊 Check out NOAA GLERL's website for ice data as conditions evolve & temps warm: www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/ice/#cu...

Superior: 47%
Michigan: 20%
Huron: 69%
Erie: 74%
Ontario: 16%

If you ever want to read a paper for free and can't find it otherwise, email the lead author and politely ask for a copy. You will not be bothering the person. You will in fact make their whole entire day. I have had scientists get so excited I asked they sent me everything they ever published.

The Keweenaw Waterway recently acquired a new waterfront feature that gives visitors a firsthand view into how weather and wave data are collected across the Great Lakes. Learn more about this unique buoy: glos.org/land-based-b...