More micro plastics with Dr. Lorena Rios Mendoza, professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin - Superior

• Lorena Rios Mendoza - Natural Sciences Department Faculty/Staff Profile - UW-Superior
• 1: They’re Also Called Nurdles | Teach Me About the Great Lakes
• A brief video of a Manta Trawl - YouTube
• NOAA — What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch | National Geographic Society
• Persistent organic pollutant - Wikipedia
• Polyethylene - Wikipedia
• Polypropylene - Wikipedia
• Phthalate - Wikipedia
• A Dozen Excuses Donuts & More … – Local just tastes better
• https://twitter.com/teachgreatlakes/
• https://twitter.com/_tffp

Credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Co-host: Megan Gunn
Producers: Hope Charters, Carolyn Foley, Megan Gunn, & Irene Miles
Associate Producer: Ethan Chitty
Music by Stuart Carlton

People apparently dive all 5 Great Lakes in one day. We spoke with a couple of them.

Show links:

• The Big Five Dive documentary
• Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary | Home
• Maritime archaeology - Wikipedia
• Michigan Sea Grant | Helping to foster economic growth and protect Michigan’s coastal, Great Lakes resources through education, research and outreach.
• https://www.michiganseagrant.org/newsroom/upwellings-newsletter/
• The Familiar Faces Project on Twitter
• List of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes - Wikipedia
• Mackinac Bridge - Wikipedia
• See historic photos from the Sunshine Skyway bridge disaster 40 years ago
• 13: It Smells Like Science | Teach Me About the Great Lakes
• PADI Scuba Diving Certification FAQ | PADI
• Diving Program | Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
• Megan rescues a buoy shortly after, well, you know.
• Friends of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary – Protect what you love
• Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary | Home
• Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary | Shipwrecks
• Alert Diver | History Above and Below the Waves
• Thunder Bay 3D Shipwrecks | NOAA
• Silver Springs State Park – World Famous Glass Bottom Boats
• James Bond fights a snake under water, filmed in Silver Springs, FL
• Thunderball (1965) - Underwater battle, also filmed in Silver Springs
• Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary | Joseph S. Fay
• Fathom Five National Marine Park
• Central Grocery & Deli – Home of the Original Muffuletta
• Croque monsieur - Wikipedia

Show links:

• Brian Roth’s Twitter feed
• Huron-Michigan Predator Diet Study - Science, Technology & Engineering | Facebook - 120 Photos
• Invasive Crayfish Collaborative
• Oncorhynchus - Wikipedia
• A review of Howard Tanner’s Autobiography
• Sea lamprey - Wikipedia
• Lake Superior State Center for Freshwater Research and Education Webcam - This appears to be offline for pandemic-based reasons but it is very cool normally.
• There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly - Wikipedia
• I should have mentioned this: Lake Michigan Chinook salmon stick with declining alewife as their main meal | Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
• Red Swamp Crayfish in Michigan
• Lucky Dogs

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 Lakes Monitoring  | US EPA
• Sandwiches — Fred Penner - YouTube
• Donut Life | JAMES GORDON

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) | Twitter
• A page with some nice fact sheets about how the buoy data are used 
• Ice buildup on the Wilmette buoy
• Brr...cold buoy!
• Disentangling the anchor line
• Two Yellow Buoys on Twitter: “Why can’t the buoys stay out all winter?“
• Michigan City, IN Meteorological Data & WebCam
• US Coast Guard Station Wilmette Harbor
• USCG Great Lakes (@USCGGreatLakes) | Twitter
• Wilmette Harbor Club - Home
• Michigan City Port Authority
• DNR: Michigan City field office map
• NOAA Ocean Explorer: Technology: Observation Tools: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
• Acoustic Doppler current profiler - Wikipedia
• Cary Troy - Lyles School of Civil Engineering - Purdue University
• Troy Lab Purdue (@TroyLab_Purdue) | Twitter
• David Cannon (@DavidCannonJ) | Twitter
• Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS)
• The GLOS Buoy Portal
• Environmental and Water Resources Engineering - LimnoTech
• Locally owned Donut Shop | Lafayette, IN | Mary Lou Donuts
• HOME | Concannons
• Long's Bakery

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 | Best Ann Arbor Restaurant Lunch Sandwich Shop
• A Flickr Search for Zingerman’s Ann Arbor confirms that it looks good
• As does this Instagram search
• RuPaul - Wikipedia
• RuPaul Explains What ‘We’re All Born Naked and the Rest Is Drag’ Means | SuperSoul Sunday | OWN - YouTube
• Two Yellow Buoys (@TwoYellowBuoys) | Twitter

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 Kuo’s interview on NPR’s Hidden Brain

I’m trying to think, but nothing happens - YouTube

Fight-or-flight response - Wikipedia

Freezing behavior - Wikipedia

Japan House | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

TMATGL #5, featuring epidemiologist Dr. Ron Hershow

TMATGL #6, featuring ER physician Dr. Frank Zadravecz

Mindfulness: An Introduction
Mindfull or Mindful?

Landscape and Human Health Laboratory, University of Illinois

Common Ground Coop, Urbana

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 Story Map 
• Create your own Food Web diagrams using these assets 
• Poretsky – Microbial Ecology Lab
• Trophic state index - Wikipedia
• Lake Michigan has become much clearer in 20 years, but at great cost
• Heterotroph - Wikipedia
• 1 micron to km at DuckDuckGo
• Menu – Do-Rite Donuts

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 Grant (@ILINSeaGrant) | Twitter
• Teach Me About the Great Lakes Podcast (@TeachGreatLakes) | Twitter
• Case fatality rate - Wikipedia
• Mortality rate - Wikipedia

Hosts: Stuart Carlton and Hope Charters

Music by: Stuart Carlton

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 ears up.

Show links:

• UIC School of Public Health COVID-19 resources
• Beartown by Frederik Backman: Amazon,  IndieBound
• The Overstory by Richard Powers: Amazon,  IndieBound
• Mulch Madness 2020

For a rough transcript of this episode, please visit https://github.com/jscarlton/teachgreatlakes/blob/master/episode-5/tmatgl-5-transcript.txt .