Great Lakes
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August 26, 2024
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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July 22, 2024
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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June 3, 2024
U-M lands $6.5M center to study Great Lakes algal blooms
Great Lakes researchers at U-M have been awarded a $6.5 million, five-year federal grant to host a center for the study of links between climate change, harmful algal blooms and human health.
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February 19, 2024
Michigan Sea Grant funds six new projects, totaling $1.7M
Michigan Sea Grant is funding six new research projects to investigate the shifting dynamics of harmful algal blooms, economic trends in coastal communities and other issues relevant to the Great Lakes.
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February 6, 2024
U-M part of urine-to-fertilizer effort in Great Lakes consortium
A $15 million effort to wring both valuable resources and harmful pollutants out of wastewater involves U-M researchers and educators.
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May 15, 2023
Can artificial intelligence teach machines to be curious?
We know more about Mars than our own oceans and lakes. Artificial intelligence may help provide answers by “teaching” machines to more effectively map what lies beneath the waves.
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January 9, 2023
Ports set to grow state economy thanks to U-M students’ work
A new law that gives the state of Michigan’s 32 ports tools to expand and grow the maritime economy started out as a community project for a handful of U-M students.
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October 11, 2022
Tools help Great Lakes region plan for climate-change migrants
U-M researchers are developing web-based tools, such as interactive maps, that will enable residents, city planners, engineers, researchers and policymakers to envision various in-migration scenarios.
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October 3, 2022
Project to help small harbors, ensure long-term sustainability
Michigan Sea Grant and the state of Michigan have launched a project to support Michigan small harbors’ efforts to become economically, socially and environmentally sustainable.
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June 27, 2022
University awarded $53M to expand Great Lakes research
U-M has been awarded a five-year, $53 million renewal from the federal government to continue and expand the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research to help conserve and manage the region’s natural resources.
