Stuart Carlton | Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant

Teach Me About the Great Lakes

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A monthly podcast in which Stuart Carlton (a native New Orleanian) asks smart people to teach him about the Great Lakes. Co-hosted by the awesome staff at Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant.

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Stuart Carlton | Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant

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12: You Never Lose Track of Your Old Friends 15.06.2020 44:31

Show links: Homepage of Jan Ciborowski Jan Ciborowski | Faculty of Science | University of Calgary Press Release for Dr. Ciborowski’s Lifetime Achievement Award IAGLR Mayfly - Wikipedia LEMN: Lake Erie Millennium Network Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) | US EPA Crows Attack the Students - The Birds (6/11) Movie CLIP (1963) HD - YouTube CCGS Limnos - Wikipedia The Lake Guardian | Great...

11: An Empty Chunk of Fiberglass 11.05.2020 30:21

We know these are challenging times, but if you have the ability to make a donation to support our buoys, we would really appreciate it. Please visit iiseagrant.org/buoys/donate to make a donation. If you haven't heard Part 1 of the Buoys series, we encourage you to check that out at http://teachmeaboutthegreatlakes.com/10 Two Yellow Buoys (@TwoYellowBuoys) | Twitter Jay Beugly (@JayILINseagrant)...

10: A Lot of Different Kinds of Data 04.05.2020 31:20

For a rough transcript of this episode, please visit https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jscarlton/teachgreatlakes/master/episode-10/TMATGL%20-10.txt Show Links: Great Lakes Observing System Home - The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) The GLOS Data Portal Great Lakes Buoys: GLBuoys.org Smart Great Lakes - Great Lakes Observing System Waze - Wikipedia Zingerman’s Deli Zingerman’s Deli |...

9: The Hamster Wheel of Rumination 15.04.2020 35:26

For a rough transcript of this episode, please visit https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jscarlton/teachgreatlakes/master/episode-9/TMATGL%20-%209.txt . Our guest today is Dr. Ming Kuo of the Landscape and Human Health Laboratory at the University of Illinois. Show links: Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences :: College of ACES, University of Illinois Vitamin N | Ming Kuo | TEDxDirigo Ming Ku...

8: The Really Delicious Carbon 08.04.2020 32:01

For a rough transcript of this episode, please visit https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jscarlton/teachgreatlakes/master/episode-8/TMATGL%20-%208.txt Today’s guest: Dr. Rachel Poretsky, University of Illinois - Chicago ( Follow Rachel on Twitter ) Links: Touch of Grey 3/27/87 Explore food web diagrams for all 5 Laurentian Great Lakes Learn about changes to Lake Michigan through this interactive S...

6: A Lot of This Is in Our Own Hands 27.03.2020 33:37

If you are looking for information about coronavirus and COVID-19, we encourage you to turn to reputable sources such as your state’s health department. For a rough transcript of today's show, please visit https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jscarlton/teachgreatlakes/master/episode-6/TMATGL%20-%206.txt Show links: Frank Zadravecz (@frankzadravecz) • Instagram photos and videos Illinois-Indiana Sea G...

5: We're All in This Together 21.03.2020 38:41

COVID-19 and outdoor recreation, with Dr. Ron Hershow, Director of the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics with the University of Illinois - Chicago School of Public Health . If you are looking for information about coronavirus and COVID-19, we encourage you to turn to reputable sources such as your state’s health department. Or, as our guest says, when Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks, perk your...

4.5: The Role of Information Was Quite Limited 11.03.2020 36:07

From time to time, we'll feature the work of people doing cool research on the Great Lakes. This is one of those times! IISG newsroom feature on Zhao’s research Zhao Ma (@ZhaoMa_Purdue) | Twitter Zhao’s lab website Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (@ILINSeaGrant) | Twitter An interesting article on norms and the “Iron Eyes Cody” PSAs in the 1970s and 80s…were they as effective as they could have been? T...

4: That Long Fetch Setup 02.03.2020 26:20

In which we discuss the polar vortex, lake effect, and drinking yellow snow with Tom Coomes of ABC 57 in South Bend, Indiana. Tom Coomes (@TomCoomes) | Twitter IISG on Twitter Two Yellow Buoys on Twitter Look, we have a new website! SNL El Nino Sketch Polar vortex - Wikipedia Pictures of Sun Dogs that Stuart took during the horribly cold winter of 2014 Lake-effect snow - Wikipedia Lake-effect snow...

3: It Would Have to Be the Perfect Rock 03.02.2020 33:10

For a rough transcript of this month's show, please visit https://github.com/jscarlton/teachgreatlakes/blob/master/episode-3/tmatgl-3-transcript.txt Today’s guest: Loreen Niewenhuis, Author & Adventurer - Great Lakes Adventurer Loreen’s Amazon author page Amazon.com: Best Lake Michigan Hikes: 10 Favorite Lake Michigan Hikes on the Beach eBook: Loreen Niewenhuis: Kindle Store Show links: Leng...

2: Limnologists Make up Lots of Words 06.01.2020 33:19

For a rough transcript of this episode, please visit https://github.com/jscarlton/teachgreatlakes/blob/master/episode-2/tmatgl-2-transcript.markdown Today’s hosts: Stuart Carlton | Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Carolyn Foley | Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Today’s guests: Michael R. Twiss | Clarkson University Michael Twiss (@MTwiss) | Twitter Links Clarkson University Lake Baikal - Wikipedia Anishinaab...

1: They're Also Called Nurdles 26.11.2019 34:41

For a rough transcript of this show, please visit https://github.com/jscarlton/teachgreatlakes/blob/master/episode-1/tmatgl-1-transcript.markdown Today’s hosts: Stuart Carlton | Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Hope Charters | Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Today’s guests: Sarah Zack | Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Carolyn Foley | Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Links Great Lakes Pollution Prevention (@GreatLakes...