GLIER director and researcher Mike McKay, along with colleagues Ken Drouillard, Daniel Heath, Christopher Weisener, cancer researcher Lisa Porter, and civil and environmental engineers Nihar Biswas and Rajesh Seth have received a $50,000 grant from NSERC to study the amount of COVID-19 virus befo
‘Changing climate, pollution and fertilizer runoff are among the factors contributing to unhealthy Great Lakes and Harmful Algal Blooms. Scientists at GLIER are using sensors in Lake Erie to transmit data in real time, allowing scientists and resource managers to monitor lake conditions clo
Researchers at GLIER, including Executive Director Mike McKay, are helping to track spikes in the novel coronavirus through wastewater sample testing in Essex County.
Restoring pollution hotspots, also known as Areas of Concern has an economic and societal payoff in the long run. In the article just published in the Journal of Great Lakes Research by John Hartig of the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, Gail Krantzberg of McMaster Universi
Ken Drouillard, GLIER/School of Environment Researcher along with collegues Alice Grgicak-Mannion, and Lisa Porter are working with the Windsor-Essex Sewing Force to study which face mask design and fabric are most effective at protecting people from the Corona Virus. They are working in co
The return of river otters to the Great Lakes Basin, including the Western Basin of Lake Erie and other areas in Ohio, Point Pelee National Park in Leamington, and the Toronto Harbour are all hopeful signs that the once common animals will be seen again in the Detroit River. Dr.
GLIER MSc candidate Alicia Banwell, a member of the Weisener Lab, recently received the Alex S. Davidson Great Lakes Stewardship Award. The Alex S.
Dr. John Hartig discusses the 50 year old history of Earth Day, and how far the water quality of the Detroit River and surrounding tributaries has improved in that time.
