Research Project Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan
AI-enhanced Real-time 3D Coastal Reconstruction for Enhancing Resilient Communities in Southern Lake Michigan
Developing a Targeted Conservation Framework for Nutrient Loss Reduction based on Watershed Typology over the Lake Michigan Watershed
Near-real-time assessment of flood-induced transportation system disruptions
The Impact of the Home Sharing Economy on Housing Market Dynamics in the Lake Michigan Area
Microbial Metabolism in Impacted Nearshore Lake Michigan
Investigating Chicago and Northshore REscue Skills and Swim to Survive: Community Utilization and Experience (I CAN RES3CUE)
Mapping the Geology of Chicago’s Nearshore Region to Address Urban Beach Response to Climate and Lake-level Change
Identifying sources of microplastic contamination in Lake Michigan
Impact of taxonomic and genetic diversity on dissolved organic carbon uptake by bacterial communities
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Trash talk + trivia + Great Lakes science at a brewery on Earth Day.
Science Sips: Trash Talk about Chicago Waterways brought together researchers, curious locals, and trivia bingo to talk about what’s really floating in Lake Michigan and what we can do about it.
Thank you to everyone who came out and to @sketchbookbrew for hosting!
Located in Washington, D.C., the Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship provides a unique educational and professional experience to graduate students who have an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources, and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources. This is a one-year fellowship open to any student, regardless of citizenship, who is enrolled toward a degree in a graduate or professional program on the day of the deadline.
Students enrolled at an Illinois or Indiana university or college should submit their applications through Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant by emailing Angela Archer at amcbride@purdue.edu. Students in surrounding states without a Sea Grant program should contact the National Sea Grant College Program at oar.sg.fellows@noaa.gov for a referral.
Application deadline: June 3, 2026.
To learn more about the fellowship, visit the link in bio.
PD hours + Great Lakes science + hands-on learning? Yes please.
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant has five educator workshops lined up for spring and summer 2026, covering birds, watersheds, coastal science, earth systems, and engineering design.
🐦 May 3 · 💧 June 10 · 🌊 July 16 · 🌍 July 31–Aug 1 · 🏗️ Aug 18
Real-world connections. Field experiences. Takeaways your students will actually feel.
🔗 Register at the link in bio.
Freshwater science meets comic con. 🎮🌊
We brought the Great Lakes to @c2e2 in Chicago, and thousands of visitors discovered that food webs, invasive species, and aquaponics can be just as wild as surviving an alien ocean.
(Yes, we used Subnautica as a gateway to Great Lakes science. Yes, it worked.)
What topic do you think got people the most excited?
Full story at the link in bio.
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