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John Downing

@limnoguy

Director Minnesota Sea Grant, Prof @ Large Lakes Observatory, University of Minnesota Duluth, former president of ASLO, and member of the CSSP Exec Board

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Is keeping local water clean worth the cost? New research published today in Nature Communications by Minnesota Sea Grant | MNSG Dir John Downing & co-authors says yes! They show local & global benefits are significant. z.umn.edu/6w74. Image: ©Danilo Rizzuti stock.adobe.com

Is keeping local water clean worth the cost? New research published today in Nature Communications by <a href="/MNSeaGrant/">Minnesota Sea Grant | MNSG</a> Dir John Downing &amp; co-authors says yes! They show local &amp; global benefits are significant. z.umn.edu/6w74. Image: ©Danilo Rizzuti stock.adobe.com
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Looking at Lake Erie in the U.S., the climate benefits of avoiding eutrophication exceed estimated benefits to beach use or recreational fishing by 10-fold. Time to start including the climate benefits of water pollution control in regulatory impact analysis! 3/3

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Here’s a hint but the truly amazing thing is that our state has enough lakeshore to stretch around the Earth at the equator and have enough left over to go from Minneapolis to Paris and back

Here’s a hint but the truly amazing thing is that our state has enough lakeshore to stretch around the Earth at the equator and have enough left over to go from Minneapolis to Paris and back
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So pleased that my paper with Sheila Olmstead Steve Newbold and Steve Polasky made Nature Comm's Editor's Choice- Lake methane from Eutrophication has big climate cost Minnesota Sea Grant | MNSG helped get the word out! nature.com/collections/ei…

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Forest fire sunset. Get used to it northern US states. Predictions project a 5-fold increase in fires by mid century. Pretty though, but worrisome! seagrant.umn.edu/news-informati…

Forest fire sunset. Get used to it northern US states. Predictions project a 5-fold increase in fires by mid century. Pretty though, but worrisome! seagrant.umn.edu/news-informati…
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The five Minnesota Knauss Fellowship finalists, along with the other 86 finalists from across the country, will be matched with their host office in the fall of 2022 and begin their year-long fellowships in February of 2023. z.umn.edu/7wy5

The five Minnesota Knauss Fellowship finalists, along with the other 86 finalists from across the country, will be matched with their host office in the fall of 2022 and begin their year-long fellowships in February of 2023. z.umn.edu/7wy5
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For 50 years, @CSSP3 the Council of Scientific Society Presidents (CSSP) has consistently offered training in science leadership. Please contribute to help the CSSP transition to a new business model to strengthen an diversify science leaders gofund.me/5eacde0c

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What an excellent event for learning about our fabulous coast! Thanks Christopher Filstrup and our other great scientist and educator friends for making it happen!

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Media coverage of H2O science matters to H2O, funding and careers - some of scientists' pet topics invisible. What's not hot & how to fix it! Minnesota Sea Grant | MNSG #limnology #oceanography doi.org/10.1002/lol2.1…