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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).

Scientists modeling risk of invasive Asian carp to Great Lakes

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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).

Sanctuaries Live expeditions offer video and communication feeds from underwater

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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.

Photo story: 5 environmental education projects from the Great Lakes

January 31, 2020

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Office of Education

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

NOAA scientists team up with Viking Cruises for research in Great Lakes

January 16, 2020

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An aerial photo of northern Lake Michigan near Sleeping Bear Dunes National Seashore. NOAA scientists are teaming up with Viking Cruises to conduct research onboard Viking ships touring the Great Lakes starting in 2022.

Searching for WWII-era aircraft lost in the Great Lakes

January 9, 2020

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nautical charts and maps

The U.S. Navy launches the TDN-1 Drone while steaming off Traverse City, Michigan, during flight tests on August, 10, 1943. This plane has assumed an excessive nose-up attitude and is probably about to stall. The Navy used these aircraft to train and certify pilots to take off and land from aircraft carriers during World War II. As this was a training site, crashes and emergency water landings were frequent. The U.S. Coast Guard operated small yard patrol craft to rescue the pilots and drop a buoy over the downed plane to mark the location for recovery. Not all planes were recoverable, however, and more than 100 remain on the bottom of Lake Michigan.

Giant sinkholes are adding water to Lake Huron. Scientists ask: How much?

August 23, 2019

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Researchers on NOAA's Research Vessel Storm pause above the Middle Island sinkhole in northern Lake Huron, off the coast of Alpena, Michigan. July 17, 2019.

Lake Erie harmful algal bloom forecast July 12

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harmful algal blooms (HABs)

A boat cuts a green wake – a harmful algal bloom – in western Lake Erie.

NOAA, partners predict significant summer harmful algal bloom for western Lake Erie

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harmful algal blooms (HABs)

A satellite view of Lake Erie in 2014, showing that year's algal bloom in the western basin. 2017's bloom is expected to resemble 2014's.

Video: Protecting our ocean and Great Lakes for the future

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A sea lion approaches a diver in Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.

Northeast Michigan network receives $25K international award for work with youth citizen scientists

September 27, 2016

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Students measure Phragmites plant densities. The data is used to monitor progress of efforts to manage this invasive species on Charity Island. Photo credit: Michigan Sea Grant.

NOAA's Hydrographic Services Review Panel to focus on Great Lakes

August 24, 2016

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PHOTO - Great Lakes satellite image from November 2015 with low cloud cover -Landscape

Center for Great Lakes Literacyoffsite link

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SeaWiFS satellite captured this view of the Great Lakes, including the turbid waters of Lake Erie, in this recent overpass.

The Great Lakes Commission–Sea Grant Fellowshipoffsite link

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PHOTO - Great Lakes satellite image from November 2015 with low cloud cover -Landscape

Great Lakes ecoregion

SeaWiFS satellite captured this view of the Great Lakes, including the turbid waters of Lake Erie, in this recent overpass.

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Freshwater Education

NOAA launches new online mapping tool for Great Lakes region

September 9, 2013

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