News Archive

All Large Lakes Observatory News Appearances:

2025:

2024:

  • Former LLO director Bob Sterner was named a 2024 Sustaining Fellow for the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography. (Dec 2024)
  • The Large Lakes Observatory’s new director Catherine O’Reilly started in January 2025, discussed in a UMD News article featuring O’Reilly and SCSE Dean Wendy Reed. (Dec 2024)
  • Professor Ted Ozersky’s research on the impacts of decreasing lake ice was featured in stories by >Inside Climate News, The Daily Climate, EHN.org, Pioneer Press, Hoodline, Duluth News Tribune, and Popular Science. (Nov & Dec 2024)
  • Craig Hill, assistant professor in SCSE and LLO, was quoted in a story by Stevens Point Journal and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on the gales of November. (Nov 2024)
  • The documentary film A Sea Change for Lake Superior, featuring LLO researchers, was highlighted by Quetico Superior Wilderness News. (Oct 2024)
  • Professor Ted Ozersky’s work on invasive quagga mussels was highlighted in an article by Salem Reporter. (Oct 2024)
  • LLO’s impact on statewide policy was featured in a story from WTIP on the Environmental and Natural Resources Trust (Nov 2024), as well as a Maritime Mag story about policy makers cruising on Lake Superior to learn about policies designed to protect and restore the Great Lakes. (Sept 2024)
  • Professor Jay Austin’s meteorological weather buoys in Lake Superior were featured in a Phys.org article and this video, work that continues to expand thanks to an award from Minnesota Sea Grant. (Aug 2024)
  • Professor Jay Austin’s research on rising Lake Superior temperatures was highlighted by Park Bugle and Fox21. (July & Aug 2024)
  • Former Large Lakes Observatory director Bob Sterner was interviewed by WDIO, Fox21, and KSTP about LLO’s inaugural Freshwater Discovery Day in July 2024. The event was also highlighted in the event calendars Visit Duluth, Perfect Duluth Day, and DNT Outdoor Calendar.
  • Live Science featured professor Sergei Katsev in an article on Lake Kivu, an African Great Lake at risk of exploding at any minute. (July 2024)
  • Professor Elizabeth Minor was on WDIO and Fox21 talking about the Science on the Deck event held at Pier B. (July 2024)
  • CBC Thunder Bay featured a discussion with Professor Jay Austin on low ice coverage in the Great Lakes. (Feb 26, 2024)
  • The development of Lot D, a potential future site of the Large Lakes Observatory, was featured in Northern News Now. (Feb 28, 2024)
  • Professor Jay Austin was quoted in a WUWM article on the impact of reduced ice cover on the Great Lakes’ shipping season. (March 13, 2024)
  • Sea Grant Director and LLO Professor John Downing was featured in an Iron County Reporter article discussing the possibility of Ice Out in March. (March 13, 2024)
  • Professor Elizabeth Minor’s Lake Superior microplastics work was featured in an article by WDIO for Earth Month. (Apr 3, 2024)
  • Professor Jay Austin’s research on how lakes respond to a changing climate was featured in a WDIO article. (May 22, 2024)
  • LLO Director Bob Sterner was featured in a segment of Great Lakes Now discussing Lake Superior’s Warming Waters. (May 8, 2024)
  • Perfect Day Duluth highlighted LLO’s Science on Deck events, taking place throughout the summer. (July 26, 2024)

2023:

  • Professor Sergei Katsev was quoted in a Futurity article reflecting on a publication that explores the role of organic sulfur in Lake Superior. (Nov 17, 2023)
  • Sea Grant Director and LLO Professor John Downing was featured in a Brainerd Dispatch article on predicting ice-out dates for lakes. (Nov 25, 2023)
  • The Duluth News Tribune featured professor Jay Austin in an article on dwindling winter ice and the documentary “A Sea Change for Lake Superior,” featuring voices from the Large Lakes Observatory. (Nov 26, 2023)
  • Professors Jay Austin and Ted Ozersky discussed Lake Superior’s warming waters with CBS News Minnesota. (Dec 3, 2023)
  • Professor Sergei Katsev was featured in multiple articles on sulfur cycling in Lake Superior and its implications for early Earth for Newsweek, Noozhawk, and The Current. (Nov 2023)
  • The work of professor Jay Austin and professor emeritus Steve Colman were cited in an article on creating a memorandum of understanding with trout by Great Lakes Now. (Dec 22, 2023)
  • Professor Jay Austin was featured on Northern News Now, Fox Weather, WBCK, the Superior Morning with Mary-Jean Cormier podcast, TBnewswatch, WTIP Community Radio, Bay Today, SNnewswatch, Fox21, and MPR News discussing the impacts of decreased ice coverage on Lake Superior. (Jan-Feb 2024)
  • Professor Elizabeth Minor’s work on identifying and classifying microplastics in Lake Superior was featured in the Duluth News Tribune. (Jan 19, 2024)
  • Director Bob Sterner was featured in multiple articles reflecting on the changes to population and climate that have occurred during his career for USA Today, News Beezer, and BNN. (Jan 2024). Check out the X thread this article was inspired by.
  • Director Bob Sterner appeared on the West Michigan Weekend podcast to discuss the impact of climate change on Lake Superior. (Jan 13, 2024)
  • Professor Sergei Katsev was featured in an article by National Geographic discussing the spontaneous eruption of Lake Kivu due to trapped carbon dioxide and methane below the surface. (Jan 18 2024)
  • Professor Ted Ozersky was featured in a Pehal News article discussing his research on winter limnology in the Great Lakes. (Feb 9, 2024)
  • Professor Ted Ozersky was featured in AP News and CBS News reflecting on the impacts of climate change on winter sports. (Feb 14, 2024)
  • PhD student Alia Benedict, Professor Ted Ozersky, and undergraduate Drew Check were featured in a UMD News article on ecology under ice. (Feb 16, 2024)
  • Director Bob Sterner and Professor Jay Austin were interviewed for a Star Tribune article on an iceless Lake Superior. (Feb 18, 2024)

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