http://coseegreatlakes.net/weblog Spreading the word about the Great Lakes Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:51:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So here it is, Friday morning, and I just finished my laundry. I was busy matching socks, when I went to the galley and realized that Jared and Lisa were nowhere to be found and I must have missed breakfast. All I could find was a half-empty bag of Ginger ... http://coseegreatlakes.net/weblog/2011/07/29/reflections-on-a-mid-summer-night%e2%80%99s-dream/ After an evening of celebrating our research, learning, and community building we retired to our final night on the RV Lake Guardian. An early morning wake up call and a bit of rain hustled us along as we packed up our bags. From power cords and flash drives to microscopes ... http://coseegreatlakes.net/weblog/2011/07/27/bon-voyage-lake-guardian-2011/ Today was a sad day on the Lake Guardian. As we watched the sun rise over the Apostle Islands, a sight—or rather, a dream washed our eyes with pinks and purples and the mixed colors of sandstone. However, as we watched this we all knew that our last ... http://coseegreatlakes.net/weblog/2011/07/26/1175/ A new day starts that 12:00 AM and so does this blog entry. Due to the type of research that we are conducting, all of our testing needs to take place after sundown. By this point in the trip all of us are pretty use to staying up late, waking ... http://coseegreatlakes.net/weblog/2011/07/25/1173/ After waking up from a taste of Houghton our day started while still docked with another delicious meal in the galley. Following the scraping of plates and filling of coffee mugs we headed to the wet lab for a lecture. Dr. Joel Hoffman inspired us with his enthusiastic ... http://coseegreatlakes.net/weblog/2011/07/24/day-5-wetlands-guts-and-gay/ Day 4 on the EPA Lake Guardian and we’ve packed a lot of action into every moment. Operating a fully-equipped research vessel out on this mammoth body of water is a costly endeavor and researchers have much to accomplish in a tight timeframe. Scientists work around the clock gathering samples ... http://coseegreatlakes.net/weblog/2011/07/23/day-4-aboard-the-lake-guardian/ What a privilege it is to work with scientists! For some of us the day began at midnight and for others, it was simply a continuation of their day: day of taking and processing samples. Some of us headed to the labs to search out the smelt larvae ... http://coseegreatlakes.net/weblog/2011/07/23/july-23-2011-the-work-begins/ Today was a busy day as we completed our first full day on the ship. The ship set sail from the Duluth port in the morning and headed out to start our adventure. Traveling under Duluth's famous Lift Bridge was quite an experience and most of us ... http://coseegreatlakes.net/weblog/2011/07/21/july-21-2011/ It takes seven generations for a drop of water to move from the inlet to the outlet of Lake Superior. This means that what we put in Lake Superior now impacts the water and the food web for the next 170-190 years. With this cycle in mind, we are working ... http://coseegreatlakes.net/weblog/2011/07/20/day-1-cosee-lake-superior-workshop-july-20-2011/ Educators participate in Great Lakes research first-hand as they cruise on Lake Superior for a week, July 20-27, 2011. They will work side by side with scientists on limnological inquiry and stop in ports for additional science learning. These events are in partnership with USEPA's Great Lakes National Program Office. More ... http://coseegreatlakes.net/weblog/2011/07/19/shipboard-and-shoreline-science-workshops-on-the-rv-lake-guardian/