James B Cotner
@jbcotner
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I'm a professor of limnology and enjoy microbes and beer.
St Paul, MN
Joined November 2016
yet somehow it’s the liberals that are indoctrinating kids in schools? This sucks!.
apple.news
Louisiana has become the first state in the nation to require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms, a move that is likely to lead to legal challenges.
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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:
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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
Nature - Fifth National Climate Assessment says nowhere is safe from warming, but some communities are impacted harder than others.
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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
An unusual lake with distinct layers of low-oxygen and high-iron water lets researchers investigate conditions like those in the early Earth’s oceans.
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RT @SehoyaCotner: So grateful for the shoutout, from Bergen, Norway! @JeremiahHenning @cissyballen @EDUSTEMNetwork
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RT @SethKThompson: Excited for the opportunity to work with an amazing team of folks including @HBarron_SciEd @jbcotner Katie Johnston-Good….
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this is scary and real. I can hear the brains draining all the way in MN.
apple.news
“You can say gravity isn't true, but if you step off the cliff, you’re going down,” says climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe about restrictions on teaching.
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Cut with the flag waving. You don’t mean it and you are disgusting.
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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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It's easy to see why debt ceiling negotiations haven't gone anywhere.
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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.
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pure Minnesota!.
Meanwhile, in Minnesota. .
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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!
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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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RT @UMNresearch: Ponds covered by floating plants can be a significant contributor of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere according to #UM….
mprnews.org
University of Minnesota researchers found that ponds covered with a floating plant called duckweed produced more methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.
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Cool Frontiers issue on teaching in paleosciences with a special emphasis on online tools, which became increasingly important during the pandemic. @annebjune @SehoyaCotner.
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Our work was featured on Minnesota Public Radio! Take home. duckweed's the worst!.Study: Plant-covered ponds are source of greenhouse gases via @mprnews @JoeRabaey.
mprnews.org
University of Minnesota researchers found that ponds covered with a floating plant called duckweed produced more methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.
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