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Silvia Newell

@newelllab.bsky.social
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Director of Michigan Sea Grant, Professor in SEAS at University of Michigan

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Silvia Newell @newelllab.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
So proud of our Great Lakes fellows with the @ijcs-journal.bsky.social and @glcommission.bsky.social and the GL Sea Grants hearing about their listening sessions with communities and Tribes around the region, hearing about needs for the IJC Science Plan. #IAGLR2025
A woman in front of a podium, giving a talk on lessons learned on community engagement
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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
We found a stack of our popular Great Lakes Basin posters hiding at the back of the shelf! They're on sale now for only $4 with limited stock, so grab yours from our online store before they're gone again: buff.ly/RRNDQlS
Map of the Great Lakes Basin showcasing each lake's watershed, along with information about watersheds.
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International Association for Great Lakes Research @iaglr.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
"Surveys of people living in the Great Lakes Basin have shown that 90% consider the health of the Great Lakes a priority, regardless of political views." Make sure you catch the rest of IAGLR Executive Director Jérôme Marty's interview with @e4dca.bsky.social here: bit.ly/4hWNhJm
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Interview with Dr. Jérôme Marty – The Impact of U.S. Science Cuts on Great Lakes Research - Evidence For Democracy
Dr. Jérôme Marty has been at the forefront of cross-border scientific collaboration, representing scientists working to protect and restore the […]
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I am finding these starter packs useful for finding others with similar interests so here is another. Ping me if you work in the recreational fisheries science and management space and want to be added! #recreationalfisheries #angling #anglers #fisheriescience go.bsky.app/3UoUZkC
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Tamlin Pavelsky @globalhydro.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Do you work on lakes globally? Check out what is, to my mind, the most complete global database of lakes (~6M) and associated attributes, newly published in WRR. Also the basis for SWOT lake data. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Map of global lake distribution, colored by the number of SWOT overpasses per 21 day cycle. There are many lakes with a high number of SWOT overpasses at high northern latitudes, but there are also tens of thousands to more than a million lakes on every continent. Lakes are graphed by latitude and longitude on the edges of the figure.
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Eric Klinenberg @ericklinenberg.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Chilling report from Brown University. Administration advises all foreign students, staff, and faculty to postpone or reconsider (ie cancel) international travel, due to federal government's crackdown on universities. Brown also warns against *domestic travel* -since it's unclear what ICE will do.
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Brown University advises all international community members to postpone, reconsider travel
One week before spring break, Brown advised international community members, including green card holders and permanent residents, to postpone international travel in a campus-wide email sent on Sunda...
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Nature Communications @natcomms.nature.com · 07/03/2025
Using remote sensing, this study establishes the nitrogen budget for 5,768 lakes. Results show that reducing watershed #nitrogen input improves water quality nonlinearly, emphasizing targeted watershed management to meet the #SDG of global clean #water. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Coupling nitrogen removal and watershed management to improve global lake water quality - Nature Communications
Using remote sensing, this study establishes the nitrogen budget for 5,768 lakes. Results show that reducing watershed nitrogen input improves water quality nonlinearly, emphasizing targeted watershed...
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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Since this is probably about to be relevant: a reminder that when you poll the general public, they estimate NASA to be between 10-30% of the federal budget. It's less than 1%. All that amazing science and technology and wonder is got for less than a penny on the dollar of your taxes.
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International Association for Great Lakes Research @iaglr.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
IAGLR and dozens of other scientific societies have united on a call to action urging Congress to prioritize the integrity and funding of scientific research. By investing in science, lawmakers can help safeguard our future and foster an informed citizenry. www.ucsusa.org/about/news/s...
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48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science
48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science
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Minnesota Sea Grant (MNSG) @mnseagrant.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
🧊 #MNSG project highlight: MN #Ice-Out Clock The #Minnesota Ice-Out Clock helps seasonal businesses in tourism, recreation, & agriculture plan logistics & ops more accurately, saving them💵, while also helping recreationists reduce risk. Learn more at our 3/7 webinar: z.umn.edu/mnsg_iceout25
Chunks of ice and snow along Lake Superior with mist rising from the water in the background.
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Sheril Kirshenbaum @sheril.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Across the U.S., Sea Grant supports coastal, marine & Great Lakes communities through research, extension & education. It touches our lives in so many ways. 20 years ago, I arrived in DC to work on #science policy as a marine biologist & Knauss Fellow through the Maine Sea Grant under NOAA. /1
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Kaitlin Stack Whitney @kstackwhitney.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
my chair, Dr Christine Keiner, just wrote an essay about that theconversation.com/coastal-econ...
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Coastal economies rely on NOAA, from Maine to Florida, Texas and Alaska – even if they don’t realize it
NOAA’s work has kept fisheries from collapsing, helped coastal ecosystems survive extreme heat and battled invasive species, among many other tasks essential to coastal economies.
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Anne Carpenter @drannecarpenter.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I worry that the focus on NOAA's weather predicting value is ignoring the millions of other ways NOAA researchers enrich communities and local economies. There are no oysters without NOAA. There are no blue crabs without NOAA. NOAA trains teachers. NOAA is the lifeblood of coastal communities.
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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
They’re big, they’re hungry, and they’re already in waterways leading to the #GreatLakes. Meet #InvasiveCarp, four very disruptive species of fish – and learn what researchers, environmental managers, and the public are doing to keep them at bay. buff.ly/41uTBD6 #NISAW
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Invasive Carp: GLANSIS Series Part 5
The Great Lakes are one of the most unique freshwater systems in the world. Millions of people love the Great Lakes -- and so do many invasive species. Visit...
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Chris Vagasky @coweatherman.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
How many times do you look at the temperature on your phone? Most of those temperatures are from weather stations NOAA/NWS helps maintain…or they are a model interpolation from a model NOAA/NWS helped develop. The radar data, satellite data, every single watch and warning…that’s NOAA/NWS.
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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
NOAA's #GreatLakes Environmental Research Lab will be taking an "indefinite hiatus" from communications due to staff cuts. GLERL communicates critical weekly updates about the extent of harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie - like the one that left my hometown of Toledo without drinking water in 2014
A screenshot of a Facebook post from the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
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Riikka Rinnan @riikkarinnan.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
A super exciting PhD position available in #peatland #biochemistry. Join @yijiao.bsky.social and me working with cutting edge #VOC cycling in peat. + nice colleagues @voltcenter.bsky.social + Copenhagen + competitive salary + good PhD program employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16... Please repost!
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Anna Bagels @anna-bagels.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
we are almost at 15 years w/ this Lake Erie water quality dataset! I am already drafting an update to our initial data paper (10 years of data) which will include more data years essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/...
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Routine monitoring of western Lake Erie to track water quality changes associated with cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms
Abstract. The western basin of Lake Erie has a history of recurrent cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (HABs) despite decades of efforts by the United States and Canada to limit phosphorus loading, a...
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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Ballast water regulations are an amazing success story of industry, science, and government working together to stop the spread of #InvasiveSpecies. Read more about their history at the link: buff.ly/4gTRfBW #NISAW
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Balancing act: A policy success story in the Great Lakes
Implementing the 'swish and spit' method successfully reduced the risk of AIS introductions from transoceanic ballast water.
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Silvia Newell @newelllab.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Felt great to get out in the field for #winter #limnology #GreatLakes-wide sampling on Lake St. Clair yesterday with @nicolewagner.bsky.social as part of a @miseagrant.bsky.social funded project led by @tjvmajors.bsky.social. Just happened to be an all-women team. #womeninSTEM
Three women scientists holding a zooplankton net over an ice hole
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Tristy Vick-Majors @tjvmajors.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
These students rock! A great day sampling for @miseagrant.bsky.social funded Great Lakes Winter Grab on Lake Superior. MI Sea Grant work is critical to the health and understanding of our largest source of freshwater, and we are proud to do the science they support!
A sun dog over frozen Keweenaw Bay on Lake SuperiorStudents giving thumbs up next to the field work truck.The field team carrying gear onto the lake ice.The field teams starting sampling on the lake ice.
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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
If your pond or lake turns green in the summer, this webinar is for you! Join us/state partners for "HABs 101: Prevention and Management," covering topics like septic systems, nutrient budgets, direct management options of HABs, and more. Register to join on April 2 at 6-8pm: buff.ly/4350vQI
HABs 101 Prevention and Management: Tips for a Healthy Pond or Lake. Text is accompanied by a photo of a small algal bloom at an inland lake boat launch and an image of a person fertilizing a residential lawn.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
NOAA is in the Trump administration's crosshairs. You know the important work they do, but may now know that It's the descendant of the Coast Survey, the nation's first scientific agency, founded in 1807 under Jefferson. I spoke with maritime historians to put NOAA's legacy in context. 🧪🦑🌎🐟
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NOAA carries a two century legacy of America’s first government science agency
NOAA, the US government science and management agency in charge of sustainable fisheries, the national weather service, and ocean exploration, is in the crosshairs of the Trump administration and P…
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Michael Twiss @mtwiss.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Beautiful landscapes abound. Enduring an afternoon outing on the east coast of Lake Superior. #greatlakes
A normally cobble stone beach is transformed by wind, waves and ice. Three meters of ice a top 1 m of water. Remnants of earlier storms are seen in the distance with ice piled against the shore.Wind waves and freezing temperatures change the landscape from a simple beach to a tortuous shoreline. Waves create a changing landscape with every west wind that blows apart the ice offshore and throws it towards the beach to freeze in fantastic shapes.
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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Highly Dynamic Archaeal and Bacterial Communities From the Surface to the Deep in the Atlantic Ocean enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #jcampubs
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Highly Dynamic Archaeal and Bacterial Communities From the Surface to the Deep in the Atlantic Ocean
We measured the daily type and abundance of archaea in the water column of the oligotrophic Atlantic gyre centred over North Pond. We find that there is low connectivity in microbes across the water ...
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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Are you a #GreatLakes #InvasiveSpecies researcher who wants to contribute to #AIS knowedge in the region? The #GLANSIS team requests your expertise for our first Grand Review of species profiles and risk assessments! Please reach out to Program Manager Rochelle Sturtevant, and share w/ your network!
Who:
Professional level experts in the field are invited to participate in a review process for the Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Information System.
What:
The GLANSIS database provides information on exclusively aquatic nonindigenous species in the entire Laurentian Great Lakes region regardless of national or state-level boundaries. GLANSIS does not provide data on reptiles, amphibians, or waterfowl, since they spend substantial portions of their lives outside the water. The database also includes facultative wetland plants in its target species.
GLANSIS formally requests your participation in an external review process that will assist in the publishing of risk and impact assessments as well as species profiles that appear in the GLANSIS database.  Each assessment and profile document follows a rigorous review process requiring two external reviews by subject matter experts before being published on the GLANSIS website. Materials provided for review will have already gone through the required NOAA internal review.
When & Where: 
February 14-March 6 (independent review)
Thursday Mar 6, 2025 (virtual event)
How:
The GLANSIS team will provide you with your assigned assessments and profiles by February 14. We will need all reviews completed by March 5. On the day of the virtual event, each species will be presented for discussion and approval. You are welcome to attend the entire event if you wish, but are required only to attend the segments of the agenda relevant to your assigned species.  In addition to the assigned reviewers (2 per species), the virtual event will be open to any researcher, manager, or student who wishes to contribute data or information about these species.
Honorarium:
Your time and expertise are valuable.  We can provide each reviewer with a $200 honorarium for your time and expertise in this review process. RSVP asap to Rochelle Sturtevant (rochelle.sturtevant@noaa.gov), GLANSIS Program Manager, Michigan Sea Grant.
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Silvia Newell @newelllab.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Thinking about trying to prevent HABs in your lake this summer? Learn from our work in Grand Lake about when P binding treatments can be ineffective: www.lakescientist.com/research-bri...
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Research Brief: Phosphorous Binding Treatments in Grand Lake St. Marys - Lake Scientist
A 2024 study assessed the efficacy of two phosphorous binding treatments in Grand Lake St. Marys to evaluate their efficacy.
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Jonathan Lilly @jmlilly.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
I run a yearlong program called Life Skills for Young Scientists where we study essential skills for a happy and meaningful life. Each month I record a talk about a relevant topic. These might be useful resources: open.spotify.com/show/7GQcLJG... This month: "Staying Motivated in Difficult Times"
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Staying Motivated in Difficult Times
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W.K. Kellogg Biological Station @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
KBS Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship (URA) apps are open until Feb. 15th. Apply today for a paid research position and the experience of a lifetime! #MSUKBS #KBSSummer bit.ly/kbs-ura-program
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Here is how we know that vaccines do not cause autism: @matthewherper.bsky.social lays out the evidence - and the evidence is extensive - in clear, accessible detail. www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/v... via @statnews.com
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Here is how we know that vaccines do not cause autism
Vaccines do not cause autism. You’ve almost certainly read that before — but often without a full explanation of how we know it to be true. Here's how we know.
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Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition @healthylakes.org · 29/01/2025
Why does #FederalFunding matter for the #GreatLakes region? Here are just some of the #CleanWater successes of the federally funded Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 🧵
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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Across the #GreatLakes region, an overwhelming majority agree: 96% of #GreatLakesH2OpinionPoll respondents think it is important (19%) or very important (77%) for governments to invest in Great Lakes protection. Read the full poll report from @ijcsharedwaters.bsky.social : buff.ly/4h0a3Qx
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Silvia Newell @newelllab.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#NSF funded work with many colleagues in the#LakeErie watershed to reduce #HABs by making better models that rely on management practices farmers say they are actually willing to use (we asked!).
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Silvia Newell @newelllab.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#NOAA #SeaGrant Programs help coastal towns develop sustainable economic plans, train fishermen and anglers on seafood safety, fund research (including fish diseases and HABs), train teachers & hold outreach sessions, and provide science based information to officials, managers, & the public.
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Jessica Vitak @vitak.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Folks wanting updates from NSF, they just posted this: new.nsf.gov/executive-or... Stop work order for "conferences, trainings, workshops, considerations for staffing and participant selection, and any other grant activity that uses or promotes the use of DEIA principles and frameworks..."
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NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders
Information for the NSF community regarding executive orders.
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Silvia Newell @newelllab.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Excited to see our work on #HABs in Grand Lake (OH) get featured in a Lake Scientist Research brief! Looking at impacts of ice and nutrient loads on microcystin, using nitrogen turnover rates to more accurately predict MC concentrations. www.lakescientist.com/research-bri...
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Research Brief: Drivers and Mechanisms of Harmful Algal Blooms in Grand Lake St. Marys - Lake Scientist
A 2024 study sought to better characterize the phytoplankton community and toxicity in Grand Lake St. Marys during anomalous water years.
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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Our RFP is out! Send us your funding proposals for awesome research projects that generate data, create tools, or build partnerships to fulfill critical needs and illuminate challenging coastal/Great Lakes issues in Michigan: buff.ly/40MeSaS @mullenbach.bsky.social @newelllab.bsky.social
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Upwellings Special Edition: 2026-28 Request for Proposals
Michigan Sea Grant (MISG) is pleased to announce that new funding is available for projects addressing issues affecting the Great Lakes and Michigan’s coastal areas. This research should aim to…
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
I just told my husband (@jeremyjohnparker.bsky.social) the odds for the current NSF grant proposal I'm writing. His response: "Are you addicted to gambling?!"
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a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face and saying he makes some good points
Alt: A light-skinned man in a grey suit and tie is making a thoughtful face and saying, "He makes some good points."
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Silvia Newell @newelllab.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Thank you all for your continued support of the Great Lakes!
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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
New paper in @iaglr.bsky.social ! Some familiar MISG names on this fresh assessment of needs and opportunities facing coastal decision-makers: buff.ly/4jmzSMy Shout-out to @realshri.bsky.social , @newelllab.bsky.social , Kat Cameron, Abigail Merolle, and friend-of-the-Grant Dick Norton.
View of a river with houses on the bank in the background and ducks and swans floating in the foreground
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International Association for Great Lakes Research @iaglr.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
The IAGLR Large Lake Champion Award recognizes and honors individuals whose work has made significant contributions to sharing the social, economic, and ecological understanding of large lakes of the world. Nomination information and portal: bit.ly/3PohMfB #GreatLakesSci
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Anne Jefferson @annejefferson.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
New paper! Featuring the work of four undergraduate researchers! The paper is open access in the Journal of Great Lakes Research, so you can read it to get all the details, but here's a thread with the highlights. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Anthropogenic litter and plastics across size classes on a mechanically groomed Great Lakes urban beach
Anthropogenic litter and plastic pollution are well-recognized global and Great Lakes stressors, but the distribution of plastic pollution on shorelin…
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Silvia Newell @newelllab.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Check out all the awesome #coastalresilience work #SeaGrant is doing around the US: seagrant.noaa.gov/sg-2024-resi...
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How NOAA Sea Grant is investing $4.25 million to further a resilient future  - NOAA Sea Grant
Sea Grant’s work in coastal adaptation and resilience includes research, education, technical assistance and outreach to support more resilient communities and economies across the nation. […]
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Silvia Newell @newelllab.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Super excited to share our work on coastal resilience needs in Michigan in JGLR #limnology #coastalresilience t.author.email.elsevier.com/r/?id=h7a02e...
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Resourcing michigan’s coastal decision-makers: Assessing needs & opportunities
Despite increased interest in and funding for coastal resilience, Great Lakes coastal managers have not been able to keep pace with community needs, a…
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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
All surface temperature products for 2024 are now live. All show 2024 is the warmest year (very clearly). The estimates of the change since the pre-industrial (1850-1900) are more uncertain but range from 1.46 to 1.62ºC. It is therefore *likely* this was the first year that exceeded 1.5ºC.
five time series of global mean surface temperature changes starting low and noisy in the 1850s - rising clearly since the 1960s - and showing 2024 was clearly the warmest.
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Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Nominate your @iaglr.bsky.social Large Lake Champion by 2/1.
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Silvia Newell @newelllab.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
We are losing two weeks of winter every 10 years and we don’t know yet what all the consequences are…
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