Silvia Newell

A woman in front of a podium, giving a talk on lessons learned on community engagement

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

Wednesday, May 28th, Alessi and colleagues will host what they are calling a “public-facing, nonpartisan Weather & Climate Livestream.” “meteorologists and climate scientists from across the country will give virtual 20-minute talks continuously ... share work and why it matters for every American.”

Map of the Great Lakes Basin showcasing each lake's watershed, along with information about watersheds.

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

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 […]

"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

We actually were there 3 weeks after Priscu and got to use their hole! I was there with now-retired Bill Green from Miami University

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

Me too! But 2000-2001

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.

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....

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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

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...

Chunks of ice and snow along Lake Superior with mist rising from the water in the background.

🧊 #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

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

Are you in a coastal or Great Lakes state? Might you be willing to talk with Congress?

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.

my chair, Dr Christine Keiner, just wrote an essay about that
theconversation.com/coastal-econ...

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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.

And @noaa (including CIGLR and Sea Grant) and EPA GLNPO

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...

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

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.

A screenshot of a Facebook post from the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

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 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...

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I’d been on it on a ship, but not on the ice before! We had a full foot of ice to drill through!

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...

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/...

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.

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: https://buff.ly/4gTRfBW #NISAW

Three women scientists holding a zooplankton net over an ice hole

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

A sun dog over frozen Keweenaw Bay on Lake Superior

Students 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.

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!

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.

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: https://buff.ly/4350vQI