Do you live around the #GreatLakes? Check out how water temperatures have changed over the last 60 days in this animation from @noaa_glerl! You can find more satellite lake & sea surface temperature products here: coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/.../sea-surfac…

Yesterday the #StateoftheClimate2023 report led by NOAA NCEI was published. One key finding: Global ocean heat content was the highest on record in 2023, with around 94% of the ocean surface experiencing at least 1 marine heatwave. Learn more: climate.gov/sotc2023

The presenter for HazMaTON’s August installment of the 2024 Summer Webinar Series is Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Chris Duffy, Great Lakes Scientific Support Coordinator for @noaa. Register at the link in bio.

#DYK #sealamprey are a jawless fish, with a lineage dating back >360 million years, well before dinosaurs roamed the earth? The lamprey lineage has survived 4 major extinction events, including the extinction that killed the dinosaurs. #GreatLakes #InvasiveSpecies #SciComm

Missed The State of HAB Monitoring webinar? Catch the playback! 🌊 Learn from cross-sector experts about how data drives HAB management and protects our waters. Watch now: buff.ly/4e0qOJP

Did you notice any hazy skies or an orange moon last week? It may have been from wildfire smoke making its way over the #GreatLakes from out west. 🔥 This VIIRS satellite image shows wisps of wildfire smoke over the region on 8/21. More satellite products: coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/satellite-data…

🌀❄️Winter cyclones? NEW pub by #CIGLR scientists Abby Hutson, Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome & '22 #GreatLakes summer fellow Ryan Glassman explains how GLs' winter weather is driven by "extratropical cyclones" & how the patterns are changing in a warming climate: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

2 areas across the CONUS are at risk for severe weather through this evening (8/28). Across the OH Valley and Mid-Atlantic strong, straight-line winds create the greatest risk while supercells in the Dakotas bring a large hail and isolated tornado risk. spc.noaa.gov

Warmer, rainier winter storms for #GreatLakes region. Decades of large storm system-extratropical cyclone-data shows wild weather swings may be more common. “Yr-to-yr variability, the storm strength, location, frequency-is wild. It’s all over the place,” - #CIGLR's Dr. Hutson 👇

Introducing our lineup for the GLIER Seminar Series Fall 2024.

A year ago, Chuoy the buoy broke free near Navy Pier and drifted to Burnham Harbor. Thanks to divers David Klein and Kendra Kennedy, the mooring was miraculously found and restored, despite the odds. Now, Chuoy is back in action, providing vital Lake Michigan data.

Call For Papers: The Journal of Great Lakes Research will be running a special section on Great Lakes Connecting Waters. The section will be open for submission: June 1 - September 1, 2024. Article types: Full length articles Reviews Short communications Comments #GreatLakesSci

If caught in a #RipCurrent, which occurs as ocean water moves swiftly away from the shore, remain calm nyseagrant.org/beachsafely, nyseagrant.org/ripcurrents NOAA NOAA Sea Grant reminds you to #BEachSAFEly. Also, a new Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant video series: nyseagrant.info/beachwatersafe… US Lifesaving Assn.

If you’re hoping to get underway on the Upper Great Lakes this weekend, be aware that hazardous weather conditions are expected. For more specific information for your area of interest, check out weather.gov/GreatLakes. When in doubt, don’t venture out! #906wx #miwx

#MNSG-funded researcher and UMD Swenson College Professor Jay Austin conducts his research using a flotilla of meteorological, or weather, buoys to collect data about #LakeSuperior. 🌊 Learn more about how buoys help understand change in the #GreatLakes at: z.umn.edu/mnsg_buoydrop

New buoy alert! 🌊 Meteotsunamis are large waves caused by sudden atmospheric pressure changes, posing serious safety threats on #GreatLakes beaches. A new GLERL buoy monitors lake levels for these dangerous waves & may eventually help detect/predict them. noaaglerl.blog/2024/08/30/new…

🌊Meteotsunamis are large waves caused by sudden atmospheric pressure changes, posing serious safety threats on #GreatLakes beaches🌊 Check out the new NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory buoy that monitors lake levels for these dangerous waves & may eventually help predict them: noaaglerl.blog/2024/08/30/new…

Current satellite imagery shows wildfire smoke across portions of the Midwest and into Canada from western fires. Some of this will move east into northern Michigan later today into Wednesday with hazy skies possible, especially tomorrow. #MIwx