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A group of people planting marsh grass behind a structure parallel to the shoreline.

Coastal zone management

May 23, 2022

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

coastal ecosystems

habitat restoration

A group of people planting marsh grass behind a structure parallel to the shoreline.

construction digger restoring wetlands

Habitat restoration

February 28, 2022

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

coastal restoration

habitat restoration

construction digger restoring wetlands

This is an algal bloom in the western basin of Lake Erie, as seen by aircraft during a flyover in summer of 2019. This airborne campaign is ongoing at NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory in conjunction with NOAA's monitoring and biweekly sampling in Saginaw Bay. The flyovers are done in collaboration with researchers at NASA Glenn and are funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

Smaller summer harmful algal bloom predicted for western Lake Erie

June 30, 2021

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harmful algal blooms (HABs)

This is an algal bloom in the western basin of Lake Erie, as seen by aircraft during a flyover in summer of 2019. This airborne campaign is ongoing at NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory in conjunction with NOAA's monitoring and biweekly sampling in Saginaw Bay. The flyovers are done in collaboration with researchers at NASA Glenn and are funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

A Lake Michigan meteotsunami on April 13, 2018 unleashes a waterfall that cascades over the breakwater during the event near the lighthouse off Ludington, Michigan.

NOAA study of 'rare' Great Lakes wave shows promise of forecasting meteotsunamis

March 31, 2021

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A Lake Michigan meteotsunami on April 13, 2018 unleashes a waterfall that cascades over the breakwater during the event near the lighthouse off Ludington, Michigan.

A view of the Great Lakes in late summer, from the NASA SeaWiFS satellite, September 17, 1999. NOAA research shows that climate change is driving long-term warming in the deep waters of Lake Michigan.

Warming deep waters of Lake Michigan signal a loss of winter

March 16, 2021

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A view of the Great Lakes in late summer, from the NASA SeaWiFS satellite, September 17, 1999. NOAA research shows that climate change is driving long-term warming in the deep waters of Lake Michigan.

Aerial view of Belle Isle in the Detroit River.

By the numbers: Habitat restoration in the Great Lakes

March 10, 2021

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habitat restoration

Aerial view of Belle Isle in the Detroit River.

An image from space of the Great Lakes from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite on January 20, 2020. What's missing from the Great Lakes in this image? Ice. Looking through the cloud cover you can see that ice coverage of the Lakes was well below what is expected for this time of the year. (2020 image).

Scientists project more ice cover for Great Lakes this year

January 21, 2021

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An image from space of the Great Lakes from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite on January 20, 2020. What's missing from the Great Lakes in this image? Ice. Looking through the cloud cover you can see that ice coverage of the Lakes was well below what is expected for this time of the year. (2020 image).

These adult and two young silver Asian carp were collected by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Missouri River near Columbia, Missouri. (Undated image).

Scientists modeling risk of invasive Asian carp to Great Lakes

April 30, 2020

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invasive species

These adult and two young silver Asian carp were collected by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Missouri River near Columbia, Missouri. (Undated image).

ASV BEN (Bathymetric Explorer and Navigator) is a custom prototype built for University of New Hampshire’s Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping. ASV BEN has a state-of-the art seafloor mapping system that can map depths reaching 650 feet.

Sanctuaries Live expeditions offer video and communication feeds from underwater

May 4, 2020

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ASV BEN (Bathymetric Explorer and Navigator) is a custom prototype built for University of New Hampshire’s Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping. ASV BEN has a state-of-the art seafloor mapping system that can map depths reaching 650 feet.

Teachers collect water quality data from the shoreline of Lake Superior during the Rivers2Lake Summer Institute.

Photo story: 5 environmental education projects from the Great Lakes

January 31, 2020

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Teachers collect water quality data from the shoreline of Lake Superior during the Rivers2Lake Summer Institute.

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