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Professor Elizabeth Minor (on left) is passing along her love of water to students through teaching and research on the Blue Heron and in the lab.
Currents in Motion
July 17, 2019
In an attempt to answer novel and complex questions, UMD’s LLO deploys equipment designed to take data from Lake Superior.
Explorers of the Inland Seas
March 28, 2019
UMN Duluth’s Large Lakes Observatory marks 25 years of discovery.
International Aquatic Endeavors
December 5, 2018
Visiting scholars from a French research institute collaborate with UMD.
Algae Bloom on Lake Superior Draws National Attention
August 29, 2018
An unprecedented algae bloom along the south shore of Lake Superior near the Cornucopia, Wisconsin sea caves has raised concerns about the... more
The Blue Heron Drops Anchor in Milwaukee
July 30, 2018
The Large Lakes Observatory gives free tours at Discovery World.
Uncovering Secrets from the Great Lakes
June 20, 2018
Meet graduate research students and learn about Lake Superior at Science on Deck on June 29 and July 20.
Eyes on Large Lakes
May 4, 2018
Open Rivers: Rethinking Water, Place & Community is an online journal currently highlighting the work of LLO.
Following Explosion, UMD Researchers Interested in Black Carbon Levels in Lake Superior
May 1, 2018
After the refinery explosion in Superior, scientists from UMD’s Large Lakes Observatory are launching a new research mission.
UMD students take to the lake for hands-on education
April 30, 2018
Eleven students in Instructor Angela Sharp's calculus for the natural sciences class took off on the Blue Heron.
Science On Deck Event Planned for UMD
April 13, 2018
UMD invites all to step aboard the Research Vessel Blue Heron on Friday, August 31, 2018 as part of a special event.
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Other News Stories about LLO
- Kathryn Schreiner's work on microplastics in the StarTribune
- Robert Sterner interview about the LLO open house on WDIO.
- Jay Austin's recovery of the 'horizontal mooring': Duluth News Tribune
- Robert Sterner comments on Lake Superior algal blooms for the New York Times, MPR, Fox21, KBJR6, WPR, and the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
- Liz Minor talking about Microplastic Conentration in the Apostle Islands with WPR and KBJR6 News
- Robert Sterner's Local View: Duluth News Tribune "Largest lakes show yin, yang of Earth Day."
- Ozersky in the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Duluth News Tribune, Superior Telegram and on Minnesota Public Radio
- Minor in Legacy magazine
- Fakhraee and Katsev in Science Advances
- Robert Sterner talking about Lake Superior lake level on WDIO ABC
- Chris Filstrup and John Downing find that "Clear Lakes Disguise Impaired Water Quality."
- Ted Ozersky and Sergei Katsev are award an NSF grant - "Ecosystem-scale responses of coupled carbon and nutrient cycles to dramatic shifts in benthic communities: the Upper Great Lakes".
- Wisconsin Public Radio News - Researchers Study Waves Under The Waters Of Lake Superior. Sam Kelly, principal investigator for the study and an assistant professor with the Large Lakes Observatory at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
- Byron A. Steinman, co-author: "Climate change drove population decline in New World before Europeans arrived."
- Jay Austin and Sam Kelly: Waves and Sound in Lake Superior
- Professor emeritus Robert Hecky received the Anderson-Everett award for service to the society
- Former PhD student Dan Titze received the Best Student Author award for a paper he published with his adviser Jay Austin.
- LLO is one of the participating organizations in NOAA's new "Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research"
- LLO is featured in the Spring edition of the Bridge.
- Chris Filstrup has coauthored an article published in Ecology and Evolution
- Byron Steinman has coauthored on a Nature Scientific Reports paper that came out yesterday and is getting press attention.
- Jay Austin answers in terms of ice and water for MPR News
- Jay Austin and Dan Titze article by Great Lakes Echo "Peering Beneath Great Lakes Ice"
- Steinman co-authors study linking paleoclimate to N. American population decline
- Bob Sterner interview on Fox 21 About Lake Superior Water Levels
- Bob Sterner wins ASLO's John H. Martin Award
- Ted Ozersky in the NY Times
- Jay Austin in the news
- Sam Kelly receives NSF funding
- Sam Kelly in MIT News
- Sergei Katsev in PNAS
- The Blue Heron in the news
- Sergei Katsev on Canyon Lake
- Jay Austin on MPR
- The RV Blue Heron in the Duluth Shipping News
- Johnson, Brown, Steinman, Halbur, Grosshuesch in Nature
- Local coverage of the Johnson et al. Nature paper
- Ozersky receives Sea Grant funding
- Steinman in The Environmental Monitor
- Sterner in C&E News
- The Mexidrill project going strong!
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