I'm a professor of limnology and enjoy microbes and beer.
St Paul, MN
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apple.news/AIyIHA58gSgyEkiH9… yet somehow it’s the liberals that are indoctrinating kids in schools? This sucks!
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I use Wikipedia Education in my biogoechemical processes course that I teach at UofM. I've been doing this for several years now instead of a term paper...students love that they can write something that doesn't just get read by me. Here's what we accomplished:
I use Wikipedia Education in my biogoechemical processes course that I teach at UofM. I've been doing this for several years now instead of a term paper...students love that they can write something that doesn't just get read by me. Here's what we accomplished:
A major climate disaster every 3 weeks and half of our country wants to keep their heads in the sand and pretend it's the 1950's.... nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
A layered lake is a little like Earth’s early oceans − and lets researchers explore how oxygen built up in our atmosphere billions of years ago theconversation.com/a-layere…
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#PrideMonth: J Morris recommends this article by @SehoyaCotner et al., published in @FrontiersIn, that looks at the experience of LGBT+ STEM students in university classrooms and the potential negative impacts of concealing their identity. #Pride2023
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Excited for the opportunity to work with an amazing team of folks including @HBarron_SciEd @jbcotner Katie Johnston-Goodstar and Seth Moore to advance approaches for integrating Indigenous science into sustainability pedagogy.
We're excited to announce our 2023 Impact Goals RFP resulted in $1.1M awarded – funding eight @UMNews teams' sustainability-focused projects, working in collaboration with community partners🎉
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apple.news/AW8Jc1OOXSsW6TruM… this is scary and real. I can hear the brains draining all the way in MN.
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Ok America, the truth out loud. What’s best for you and I is NOT best for the Republican Party. No one with a conscience should vote for any of them. So disgusting!
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Embracing AI in the classroom!
This is what irresponsible government looks like. It’s called public service because that’s what you’re supposed to be doing!
From @SDSearchlight. City taking federal climate funding that State of South Dakota refused. bit.ly/3KgOOen
Look who’s in my Apple News feed…none other than @DrLimnology and @trinity_lh !! But is it really serious trouble, folks. It’s just algae being algae!
The European release of the EEB 50th Anniversary beer aka Ooze Brew named after the ooze Lindeman’s Trophic Dynamic Concept in Ecology conceptual figure. It’s a rye IPA that’s delicious!
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Ponds covered by floating plants can be a significant contributor of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere according to #UMN research from @jbcotner and @umncbs. mprnews.org/story/2022/10/29…
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We are hiring! Associate Director at Itasca Biological Station, University of Minnesota @umncbs @OBFSFieldBio. Come work in the north woods next to a headwaters lake. Station history dates back to 1907. hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/3525…
Cool Frontiers issue on teaching in paleosciences with a special emphasis on online tools, which became increasingly important during the pandemic. @annebjune @SehoyaCotner
Our work was featured on Minnesota Public Radio! Take home...duckweed's the worst!
Study: Plant-covered ponds are source of greenhouse gases mprnews.org/story/2022/10/29… via @mprnews @JoeRabaey