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Events and Seminars
SRL/JEDI Seminars
Virtual via Zoom.
Soft Rock Talk
Xinyang Chen, ESCI post-doc (Zheng lab)
A novel proxy for silicate weathering: investigating K isotope fractionation during cation exchange between clay and fluids
Recent News
Priscillagrewite
Bailey Group - Ocean Bacteria and Carbon
2021 Student Symposium Best Talk & Best Poster Winners
Marc Hirschmann - Carbon and Life
Evan Whiting - Bell Museum Award
In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Roger LeB Hooke, 1939-2021
Featured Research
Kawe Gidaa-naanaagadawendaamin Manoomin
Launched in January 2018, Kawe Gidaa-naanaagadawendaamin Manoomin (First We Must Consider Manoomin/Psin) is a collaboration among tribes, intertribal treaty organizations, and University of Minnesota faculty, staff, and students, that prioritizes tribal views on the cultural significance and ecology of Manoomin / Psiη (Wild Rice), and the policies related to it.
Manoomin/psiη (wild rice) is a sacred plant for Native peoples throughout the Great Lakes region. Unfortunately, Manoomin has been declining due to multiple environmental stressors. Native people who have lived with manoomin / psiη for generations understand this intimately, but tribal views, concerns, and treaty rights have not been adequately incorporated into natural resources policies. Protecting tribal resource sovereignty demands a culturally responsible, whole ecosystem approach to environmental stewardship.
(photo: Summer intern from University of Wisconsin-Osh Kosh, Trinaty Calwell, collecting water samples.)