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James B Cotner @jbcotner

I'm a professor of limnology and enjoy microbes and beer.

Joined November 2016
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apple.news/AIyIHA58gSgyEkiH9… yet somehow it’s the liberals that are indoctrinating kids in schools? This sucks!

Louisiana becomes nation's first state to require Ten Commandments in classrooms

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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3 May 2024
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/articles/d41586-0…

Major US climate disasters occur every three weeks, report finds

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/a-layere…

A layered lake is a little like Earth’s early oceans − and lets researchers explore how oxygen...

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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Sehoya Cotner@SehoyaCotner
10 Jun 2023
So grateful for the shoutout, from Bergen, Norway! @JeremiahHenning @cissyballen @EDUSTEMNetwork
H1 Connect@H1Connect
10 Jun 2023
#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 facultyopinions.com/article/…
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Seth K. Thompson@SethKThompson
6 Jun 2023
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.
Institute on the Environment UMN@UMNIonE
5 Jun 2023
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🎉 z.umn.edu/impact-goal-grants…
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apple.news/AW8Jc1OOXSsW6TruM… this is scary and real. I can hear the brains draining all the way in MN.

Students and Faculty at Ohio State Respond to a Bill That Would Restrict College Discussions of...

“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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apple.news/AAwY6S87UQRWDMBqm… 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!

The Head of the Republican Party Literally Said a Default Could Bode "Very Well” for the GOP

It's easy to see why debt ceiling negotiations haven't gone anywhere.

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Cut with the flag waving. You don’t mean it and you are disgusting.
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Sehoya Cotner@SehoyaCotner
16 May 2023
⁦@sfubioceed⁩ ⁦has another great poster session underway! ⁦@VVandvik⁩
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sciencenorway.no/artificial-… Embracing AI in the classroom!

Let’s not vilify our students over chatGPT

OPINION: With the advent of ever-more capable artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as chatGPT, we once again have an opportunity to choose a rational, humane future over clinging to an irrational,...

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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!
Sally Jo Sorensen@sallyjos
6 Apr 2023
From @SDSearchlight. City taking federal climate funding that State of South Dakota refused. bit.ly/3KgOOen
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pure Minnesota!
Peter Jacobson@MNLakeScientist
29 Mar 2023
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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U of M Research@UMNresearch
14 Nov 2022
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…

Study: Plant-covered ponds are source of greenhouse gases

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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Jonathan Schilling@shroominn
7 Nov 2022
Join me!
Itasca Biological Station & Labs@ItascaBio
7 Nov 2022
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…
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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 mprnews.org/story/2022/10/29… via @mprnews @JoeRabaey

Study: Plant-covered ponds are source of greenhouse gases

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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