Researchers at NOAA plan to test an autonomous boat in Maumee Bay this summer
Image by SeaTrac Systems In January, a trailer pulled up to the NOAA Great Lakes...
Tech bootcamp students learn as they build using real-time data from GLOS
Students at Grand Circus, a tech training bootcamp based in Michigan, learned to handle real-time...
Congress Unanimously Passes the Coordinated Ocean Observations and Research Act
On December 31, 2020, the President signed S. 914, the Coordinated Ocean Observations and Research...
Read the 2020 Annual Report
2020 was a big year at GLOS. New staff, observing system upgrades, and lakefloor...
Due March 12 | Request for Proposals for Smart Great Lakes Mini-Grant Program
CLOSED | Deadline: March 12, 2021 by 5:00 PM EST Program Overview and...
GLOS just purchased a new glider – Watch the “unboxing” video
Buoys aren’t the only thing collecting data while floating through Great Lakes waters....
Read the Great Lakes Observing System Strategic Plan 2020-2025
On October 22, 2019, after a multi-year collaborative planning process involving stakeholders, partners, and...
Frontiers in Marine Science publishes paper by GLOS and partners on making Lake Erie smart
In early December, GLOS staff and partners from LimnoTech and Cleveland Water Alliance published a paper...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Great Lakes Observing System launches the Smart Great Lakes Initiative
Oct. 21, 2019 Ann Arbor, Mich. – Tomorrow, the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS),...
May 30 Summer Sonde Calibration Event
Water managers from Lake Erie towns and cities are getting together to gather sondes,...