GLOS NEWS
March 1, 2023 | 🔴 Seagull Users Livestream
Use Seagull (seagull.glos.org)? This stream for you! You will get the chance to: ✔️ Hear the latest and what we're...
NOAA awards $20.5 million for ocean and coastal resource management
The Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) recently received $3.7 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. NOAA put out this press...
May 8, 2023 | GLOS Annual Meeting
We hope you can join us! 📅 May 8 📍 Toronto, Ontario We’re hosting our annual meeting right before IAGLR...
Seagull wins an International Design Award
Seagull recently won a silver International Design Award! To build Seagull's simple, user-first interface, GLOS brought on DIG, a human-centered...
CLOSED | Job Posting Announcement: GLOS Chief Executive Officer
The Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) is seeking to hire a Chief Executive Officer (CEO). GLOS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit...
Feb. 1, 2023 | Seagull Users Livestream
🗓️ Join us for the next Seagull Users Livestream! Feb. 1 1 PM Eastern On YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. You...
Lakebed 2030 conference highlights mapping progress
Late last month, GLOS attended the Lakebed 2030 conference in Traverse City, MI. Hosted by Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) and...
Nov. 30 | Seagull Users Livestream
🕊️ As we wrap up this field season, we’re back with another Seagull Users Livestream on our YouTube, Twitter, or...
NOAA awards $18.9M for harmful algal bloom research, monitoring
GLOS received $370,000 from the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) as part of a recent series of NOAA awards. NOAA...
Great Lakes’ first high-frequency radar commissioned in St. Ignace
GLOS CEO Kelli Paige opened the meeting. GLOS and Michigan Technological University for years to bring high-frequency radar to the...
Learn more about the HAB Observing Network project
Researchers work on an AUTOHOLO device, which uses holographic technology to image and detect harmful algal blooms. Photo by Aditya...
Low-cost, open-source Panther buoys are now on Seagull
Todd Miller, a researcher at UW-Milwaukee’s Zilber School of Public Health has been leading his lab to build a new...
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee connects LoRaWAN buoy to Seagull
One of the perennial challenges for Great Lakes monitoring is getting good, reliable, low-cost data transmission. Many buoys connect to...
New Salmon Unlimited buoy begins monitoring waters near Racine, WI
When Ron Wesley, president of Salmon Unlimited Wisconsin, met with members of his organization, they had more in common than...
Check out these platforms that recently connected to GLOS
Updated: June 22, 2022 New platforms are being added to Seagull each week, thanks to generous observers invested in collecting...
Researcher is testing a rugged winter monitoring system in Lake Ontario
Getting real-time measurements of water conditions in the Great Lakes during the winter has always been a challenge for researchers....
Due April 22 | 2022 Year-Round Observations Request for Proposals
UPDATE: GLOS Year-Round Observations request for proposals indicated that awards were expected to be announced on May 27th, 2022, or...
Most seasonal platforms are out of the water for the season
With cold weather rolling in and water temperatures dropping, buoy operators across the region have brought most of their buoys...
May 8, 2023 | GLOS Annual Meeting
We hope you can join us! 📅 May 8 📍 Toronto, Ontario We’re hosting our annual meeting right before IAGLR...
Feb. 1, 2023 | Seagull Users Livestream
🗓️ Join us for the next Seagull Users Livestream! Feb. 1 1 PM Eastern On YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. You...
Lakebed 2030 conference highlights mapping progress
Late last month, GLOS attended the Lakebed 2030 conference in Traverse City, MI. Hosted by Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) and...
Nov. 30 | Seagull Users Livestream
🕊️ As we wrap up this field season, we’re back with another Seagull Users Livestream on our YouTube, Twitter, or...
Sept. 28-30, 2022 | Lakebed 2030 Conference
Map the Great Lakes The objective of the Lakebed 2030 conference is to bring together science and research, policy, government,...
Great Lakes’ first high-frequency radar commissioned in St. Ignace
GLOS CEO Kelli Paige opened the meeting. GLOS and Michigan Technological University for years to bring high-frequency radar to the...
Press Release: Great Lakes Observing System plans ‘Glosapalooza’ event for the observing community
Great Lakes Observing System plans ‘Glosapalooza’ event for the observing community Glosapalooza will take place around Navy Pier in Chicago,...
April 25-28, 2022 | Glosapalooza
Glosapalooza is a chance for observers of all sorts to hear the latest from the Great Lakes Observing System, be...
April 28 | Save the Date for the GLOS Annual Meeting and Seagull Release Party
After many, many months of connecting only virtually with much of the Great Lakes community, we’re excited to announce that...
Seagull wins an International Design Award
Seagull recently won a silver International Design Award! To build Seagull's simple, user-first interface, GLOS brought on DIG, a human-centered...
Find ice data
Satellite imagery can help scientists track ice coverage on the Great Lakes. This image shows ice coverage in 2009. Image...
GLOS-funded crowdsourced bathymetry is now live on a public database
In 2021, GLOS funded a project to create small “Mussel Kits” that could turn ordinary fish finders or other echo...
Check out these platforms that recently connected to GLOS
Updated: June 22, 2022 New platforms are being added to Seagull each week, thanks to generous observers invested in collecting...
Observing Platform Repair/Equipment Funding | Request for Proposals
Organizational Background GLOS’ mission, as laid out in GLOS 2020-2025 Strategic Plan, is to provide end-to-end data services that support...
Due April 22 | 2022 Year-Round Observations Request for Proposals
UPDATE: GLOS Year-Round Observations request for proposals indicated that awards were expected to be announced on May 27th, 2022, or...
Soon almost anyone’s boat will be able to map the lakes
By Xiaofan Zhang, GLOS Cyberinfrastructure Data Analyst Intern in 2021 Originally published on the Great Lakes Bottom Mapping Working Group...
The first buoy to transmit directly to Seagull is now live
Platform operators will soon have a simpler, stabler, more secure way to share data from their buoy or other observing...
Real-time currents: our first high-frequency radar is going live
After years of planning, COVID delays, and assorted setbacks, a high-frequency radar (HFR) pair is now installed in the Straits...
CLOSED | Job Posting Announcement: GLOS Chief Executive Officer
The Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) is seeking to hire a Chief Executive Officer (CEO). GLOS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit...
Thanking Kelli for 13 years of service to GLOS
Posted Jan. 27, 2023 Thank you to Kelli Paige for 13 years of service to GLOS! Kelli has departed her...
NOAA awards $18.9M for harmful algal bloom research, monitoring
GLOS received $370,000 from the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) as part of a recent series of NOAA awards. NOAA...
Great Lakes’ first high-frequency radar commissioned in St. Ignace
GLOS CEO Kelli Paige opened the meeting. GLOS and Michigan Technological University for years to bring high-frequency radar to the...
Observing Platform Repair/Equipment Funding | Request for Proposals
Organizational Background GLOS’ mission, as laid out in GLOS 2020-2025 Strategic Plan, is to provide end-to-end data services that support...
Due April 22 | 2022 Year-Round Observations Request for Proposals
UPDATE: GLOS Year-Round Observations request for proposals indicated that awards were expected to be announced on May 27th, 2022, or...
Smart Great Lakes featured on TVO’s The Agenda
On Tuesday, GLOS CEO Kelli Paige joined Smart Great Lakes partners Barbara Wall from Trent University, Aaron Fisk from the...
Smart Project Series: Seagull–A Platform for Great Lakes Data and Information
By Kelli Paige, Great Lakes Observing System This is part of the Smart Project Series—stories published by Smart Great Lakes...
Smart Project Series: Long-term Monitoring of the St. Louis River Estuary
By Tom Hollenhorst, EPA Office of Research and Development, Toxicology and Ecology Division This is part of the Smart Project...