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Matt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

New exhibit at UMMNH. Come for the eurypterids, stay for the ostracoderms.

Image of a museum display featuring a large model of an aquatic arthropod.

Close-up of part of museum display featuring casts and models of jawless fishes.

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Lake Michigan @lakemichigan13.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I am more than 16,000 square kilometers bigger than Switzerland 🌊🌊

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

OTD in 1962, Silent Spring was published. “Nature has introduced great variety into the landscape, but man has displayed a passion for simplifying it. Thus he undoes the built-in checks and balances by which nature holds the species within bounds.” ― Rachel Carson, Silent Spring

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Greg Dick @greatlakesgreg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

www.mlive.com/weather/2026... "The warming power... is clearly evident in Saturday morning’s forecast." "Without the Great Lakes, we would have much earlier frosts, and our USDA plant hardiness zones would not be grouped with the warmer Indiana and Ohio areas." #GreatLakes

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Great Lakes save Michigan from cold now, see it clearly

The warming power of some of the world's largest freshwater lakes is clearly evident in Saturday morning's forecast.

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Greg Dick @greatlakesgreg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

harmful algal blooms in Lake Superior need to be understood and addressed. A call to action: video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwCF... report: www.burkectr.org/_files/ugd/6...

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Lake Superior Algal Blooms: A Call to Action (Water Summit 2026)

YouTube video by Burke Center for Ecosystem Research

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Greg Dick @greatlakesgreg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This is an amazing opportunity! FLBS is an outstanding place with terrific people.

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John Spear @spearmicrobe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Microbial Diversity 2026 @mblscience.bsky.social was outstanding this year! If you’d like to join us next year, apply in late January, early February and spread the word. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VUY...

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Focus on: Microbial Diversity at Marine Biological Laboratory

YouTube video by Marine Biological Laboratory

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Rogier Braakman @rogierbraakman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Job alert! Please RT! Looking for bioinformatics technician to help in projects using metagenomes to study microbial degradation of organic carbon in the ocean and in the human gut. Opportunity to gain research experience before graduate school. careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...

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Research Support Associate 1, Bioinformatics

MIT - Research Support Associate 1, Bioinformatics - Cambridge MA 02139

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Gust Bilcke @gustbilcke.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

When I started my postdoc, only 10 genomes were available for an estimated 100,000 species of diatoms. To fill this gap, we present the 100 Diatom Genomes Project, out now in PLOS Biology. Analyzing the first assemblies suggests that we will double the diatom gene space by the end of the project! 📈

a drawing of the diatom phylogeny, indicating the species for which new genome assemblies were created so far in the 100 Diatom Genomes Project.

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Jonathan Overpeck @greatlakespecktwo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This is troubling to say the least, and made worse by warming combined with more extreme precipitation (both increasing due to climate change) "As these bacterial explosions increase worldwide, researchers are racing to study their health impacts" cen.acs.org/biological-c...

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Toxins from freshwater algae blooms can go airborne

As these bacterial explosions increase worldwide, researchers are racing to study their health impacts

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Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) @ciglrum.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🌊 Happy World Lake Day! 🌊 Celebrating the #GreatLakes this #WorldLakeDay! 🌊 At #CIGLR, we’re proud to work with researchers, partners & communities to better understand and protect these incredible freshwater resources. Come see us at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens!

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Greg Dick @greatlakesgreg.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

the power of pollen: it is a "source of bioavailable carbon and nutrients that can fuel microbial succession and seasonal dynamics in large lakes." ... up to 0.30 Tg C, 17.3 Gg N, and 1.64 Gg P per yr in Lake Superior alone! #GreatLakes agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1... .

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Pollen Mineralization Fuels Biogeochemical Cycling and Microbial Community Succession in Lake Superior

Pollen is a source of bioavailable carbon and nutrients to the waters of Laurentian Great Lake Superior Pollen-derived nutrient fuel microbial succession, resulting in increased estimated prokary...

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Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) @ciglrum.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

🌊 A new #CIGLR study led by scientist Jasmine Mancuso explores how the Detroit & Maumee rivers shape western #LakeErie #HABs & why blooms vary from year to year. 📖 CIGLR blog: ciglr.seas.umich.edu/a-tale-of-tw... 📄 Journal article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #GreatLakes #NOAAGLERL

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Matt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Something a little different on #FossilFriday: new temporary exhibit at UMMNH highlighting the history of paleontological collections at U-M. Timed to recognize UMMP's centennial (although the collection itself is approaching its bicentennial). 📸 Elliot Zirulnik/UMMNH

Photograph of display case featuring many fossils, photographs, and models. Large text at the top of the display reads "Library of Life."

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Dr. Howard Tanner, a giant among Great Lakes fish biologists and conservationists, passed away this week at the age of 102. Back in 2019, he spoke at Great Lakes Day about his new book, "Something Spectacular: My Great Lakes Salmon Story." Watch the recording from his talk: buff.ly/QYrveKL

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Hidden Below: The Great Lakes @hiddenbelow.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

What if you could travel hundreds of years into the past without ever leaving the Great Lakes? Now is your chance! Tag along as @greatlakesnow.bsky.social, @hiddenbelow.bsky.social, and Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary take you on an unforgettable journey through time. #greatlakes #microbial

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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

👀Behind the Paper👀 Author Libin Zhou explains how nutrient enrichment destabilises aquatic communities, working with data from Lake Taihu, and the ups-and-downs of working on “big picture” ecological questions🌊 Read it here👇️ buff.ly/jSLtFIi 🧪🌍️

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Libin Zhou | Nutrient enrichment destabilizes aquatic food webs through synchronization within and across trophic levels

In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, author Libin Zhou – an Associate Professor at the Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology – discusses the paper “Nutrient en…

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Join Silvia Newell and other great speakers on Tuesday, August 11 at 12 PM ET for a dynamic panel discussion on Innovations in Nutrient Mitigation! Expansion of intensive ag/livestock sectors have elevated nutrient pollution to one of the most pressing Great Lakes water quality concerns. (1/2)

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Greg Dick @greatlakesgreg.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Nice piece on the effect of invasive mussels on #GreatLakes food webs and fish, but mussels have not "helped clean the lake system of phosphates..."; they've just re-distributed them to the benthos, fueling benthic algae.

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Greg Dick @greatlakesgreg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences at the University of Michigan is searching for two new faculty: Earth System Modeling (Joint with the Institute for Global Change Biology, Assistant Prof.) and Climate-Driven Hazards and Earth Surface Dynamics (open rank). lsa.umich.edu/earth/about-...

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Job Postings | U-M LSA Earth and Environmental Sciences

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A pilot project will remove large mats of algae build-up from three locations on Lake St. Clair. MISG Extension Educator Erica Anculle explains the connection between mucky mats and invasive mussels:

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Project to remove thick mats of algae on Lake St. Clair to begin this fall

The $800,000 pilot project will allow the removal of the mats with researchers studying what happens after.

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Greg Dick @greatlakesgreg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Much of the corn grown in the US is used to make ethanol. It makes no sense; we could reach our water quality goals by converting that land from corn to solar; "one acre of solar panels produces more energy than 100 acres of corn grown for ethanol" riverraccoon.substack.com/p/how-much-c...

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Job: Come work with me! Ready to turn your love for lakes into a career? Join the MSU Extension Center for Lakes and Streams as our new Inland Lakes Shoreline Educator! MS and experience with shoreline protection desired. Location: Upper Peninsula. careers.msu.edu. Search for posting # 1148258.

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Greg Dick @greatlakesgreg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

An exciting opportunity: lead the University of Michigan's School for Environment and Sustainability. We're searching for the next Dean. careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

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DEAN | U-M Careers

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Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) @ciglrum.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

🌊 TOMORROW! Join us for the virtual @noaa.gov CoastWatch Satellite 201 Summer Lecture Series! 🛰️ Dive deeper into satellite oceanography w/ remaining advanced lectures on July 24 & 31. 👉 More about course: coastwatch-training.github.io/trainings/up... 👉 Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Jonathan Overpeck @greatlakespecktwo.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Michigan is a relative climate haven, but... "Protecting the future of Michigan and the planet should unite us all. It’s on all of us to decide what comes next. It’s time to act like your next Pure Michigan summer depends on it, because it does." www.thetimesherald.com/story/opinio...

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Michigan health plagued by wildfires, smokes and floods | Opinion

Michiganders have been suffering from hazardous wildfire smoke, a cyclosporiasis outbreak and floods. They are not mere coincidences.

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Greg Dick @greatlakesgreg.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

good but depressing thread. A key solution to our water quality issues is to end corn ethanol; its bad for climate, bad for biodiversity, bad for human health, bad for our lakes.

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Jonathan Overpeck @greatlakespecktwo.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Lots of folks are asking what the health risks of wildfire smoke are, and they are significant. Here's a summary: www.msn.com/en-us/weathe...

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Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

🔊HIRING! SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMMERS apply & join our Dept of Ocean Biosphere Dymanics 🌊 #Biogeochemical Model Development & Integration High-Performance #Computing & Software Engineering High-Res Ocean Physics & Numerical Experimentation mpi-bremen.de/en/Open-posi... #sciencejobs #ESM #PhD #PostDoc

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Jonathan Overpeck @greatlakespecktwo.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

When we say the burning of fossil fuels is cooking the planet figuratively and literally, we mean it. Heatwaves, extreme rainfall/flooding, megadrought, and unprecedented wildfire are all being made more and more dangerous by the burning of fossil fuels. apple.news/AHuKzb51mQ26...

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Dangerous wildfire smoke continues with air quality alerts in at least 17 states — ABC News

Detroit and Minneapolis rank among the top major cities for poor air quality.

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David Jakubiak @davidjakubiak.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

This is good stuff. I also want to note that there are a bunch of native fishes that have also incorporated round gobies into their diets, a freshwater drum are one such fish.

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

NOAA's AQI model for 8 am Thu shows Brown ("Hazardous") AQI from smoke in the NYC, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Cleveland metro areas. These conditions (if they verify, remember forecasting smoke is HARD!) will likely last only for a few hours, but you don't want to be outside without an N95 mask! (7/8)

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Wilhelm Lab at the University of Tennessee @tn-marine-micro.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Still time to apply!!! Postdoctoral opportunity in field and lab work at the interface between modeling and molecular biology.

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This is it, Michiganders! Six days left to report your aquatic invasive species to us! (Even if you're not sure if it's an invasive species - post it and we'll tell you!)

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Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) @ciglrum.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

👀 Look out for the SeaTrac this summer!! Coming to Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron July 29 - September 4! To monitor & understand #HarmfulAlgalBlooms, NOAA GLERL is deploying the Surface Harmful Algal Research Craft (SHARC) project this summer: www.glerl.noaa.gov/blog/2026/06... #GreatLakes #GreatLakesSci

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Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) @ciglrum.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

👀🚨 2026 Western Lake Erie HAB Seasonal Forecast 👇 🌊 NOAA & research partners are forecasting a moderate #HAB in w. #LakeErie this summer: nccospublicstor.blob.core.windows.net/hab-data/bul... Expected to measure 3.5 on the HAB severity index (range: 3–4.5); values > 5 indicate more severe blooms.

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Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) @ciglrum.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🌊 Join us for the virtual NOAA CoastWatch Satellite 201 Summer Lecture Series! 🛰️ Dive deeper into satellite oceanography with this advanced lecture series on July 10, 17, 24 & 31. 👉 More about the course: coastwatch-training.github.io/trainings/up... 👉 Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) @ciglrum.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🤖🌊 Better #GreatLakes forecasts start with responsible AI. Researchers from #CIGLR, NOAA GLERL, @umich.edu, MIDAS & partners explored how AI can improve GLs forecasting while keeping scientific expertise & lake physics at the center: research.umich.edu/news-and-iss... 🎥 youtu.be/o0OEX3hFz8A?...

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U-M, NOAA and federal partners are building better Great Lakes forecasts with AI and human judgment

YouTube video by Eric Shaw

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Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) @ciglrum.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

🌊 #YeahBuoy! Two new Lake Michigan buoys are now online in Little Traverse Bay & Ludington. Maintained by #CIGLR & funded by @globservingsystem.bsky.social, they deliver real-time weather, wave & water condition data. 🔗 LTB: ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page... 🔗 Ludington: ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page...

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Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) @ciglrum.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

🚢⚙️ #CIGLR was proud to attend the 2026 Soo Locks Engineers Day! We enjoyed sharing how #GreatLakes science, engineering, and environmental observations support safe navigation and healthy ecosystems. Learn more: saultstemarie.com/attractions/...

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Greg Dick @greatlakesgreg.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

social science is essential for #GreatLakes stewardship

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