About LLO

The Large Lakes Observatory is an academic and research unit within the Swenson College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth, and is the only university research group and only institute in the country dedicated to studying the large lakes of Earth.

LLO is one of the largest water-focused centers of research in the entire University of Minnesota system with strong ties to the Institute on the Environment, the Limnological Research Center and the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior on the Twin Cities Campus. The large and vibrant water science community of the Twin Ports, including the Natural Resources Research Institute and Minnesota Sea Grant on the Duluth Campus, as well as the nearby EPA's Mid-Continent Ecology Division and the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve are frequent and consistent partners with LLO. 

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