Policy Alert: EPA Proposes New Rules to Implement Clean Water Act’s State Water Quality Certification Program

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Policy Alert: EPA Proposes New Rules to Implement Clean Water Act’s State Water Quality Certification Program

November 25, 2019 / Science and Society /

By Brittany Schieler Quick overview: The EPA proposed changes to implementation of Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2019-0405) which will significantly restrict a state or tribe’s authority in certifying infrastructure projects that will impact its waters and watershed habitat.  On August 8th the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed changes to implementation of Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (CWA), which were officially entered into the Federal Register on August 22, 2019 (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2019-0405). Section 401 requires state (or tribal) water quality certification for federal permits on infrastructure projects that, “may …

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Resources for Instructors in the Aquatic Sciences

October 24, 2019 / Science and Society /

By Brittany Schieler Summer break is quickly coming to a close for many, meaning it’s that time of year again! Time to dust off that syllabus from last year and get ready for the academic year ahead. If you are an instructor or teaching assistant preparing for a course in oceanography, limnology, or general earth science, ASLO may be able to help. We have an extensive collection of free access, …

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Working in Abisko

October 20, 2019 / LOREX /

By Hannah Beck It’s taken me so long to assemble this post because I have been working in Abisko! Fitting three incubation experiments into four weeks—including setup and takedown, plus a whole weekend at Umeå University with the rest of my cohort and our collaborators—has kept me busy indeed! Eilea’s blog post urging us to remember to balance life and work was a lesson I really needed to learn, and I’m a …

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Day Trip to Norway

October 18, 2019 / LOREX /

By Stephanie Owens Living at the research station here in Abisko is great but sometimes it can feel like it is hard to find a balance between work and play because you’re living where you’re working. But it is important to remember to take time to enjoy where you are and not work all the time. Recently, LOREX members Sarah, Chelsey, and I hopped on a train and went to …

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Jim Cloern to serve as EIC for L&O Letters

October 14, 2019 / News

L&O Letters Editor in Chief (EIC) Pat Soranno has recently accepted a temporary position at a government agency that prohibits her from service as EIC of Letters for the three years of her term.  During Pat’s absence, L&O Letters Senior Editor Jim Cloern will serve as EIC for the Letters. Jim is an ASLO Sustaining Fellow and is the 2015 recipient of the ASLO Ruth Patrick Award. An expert on the ecology and biogeochemistry of estuaries, …

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International Connections

October 18, 2019 / LOREX /

By Trista McKenzie As I’ve been sitting in the Sydney Airport for the last ten hours waiting for my horrendously delayed flight home to Honolulu to finally take off, I’ve had some time to reflect a bit about my stay in Australia and the connections I’ve made. While I came here to specifically work with one person, I’ve formed working relationships and connections with many. From graduate students working on …

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Analyzing Radium

January 16, 2020 / LOREX /

By Trista McKenzie Since returning from fieldwork in Sydney, I have been spending a lot of time in the lab processing samples. Radium is one type of sample we are analyzing, which is a naturally-occurring radioactive tracer for groundwater. One of the advantages of using radium is that there are four naturally-occurring isotopes, all with different half-lives. One half-life represents the amount of time for half of the unstable atom in the nucleus …

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Unexpected Friendships are the Best Ones

October 18, 2019 / LOREX /

By Eilea Knotts My time here in Canada is wrapping up with only a few days left. I want to take this time to reflect on the unexpected friendships I have made. When I was told I was a recipient of the LOREX, my expectations for this experience were solely based on research. “I will be inside my lab all day every day. I will be very busy working.” Having …

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LOREX Application Advice from the First Cohort

October 18, 2019 / LOREX

By Brittany Schieler Hi there! One of ASLO’s LOREX assistants here. The 2020 LOREX applications are due 31 July! That’s just three weeks away. Are you a grad student considering applying for the next cohort of LOREX students, but struggling with how to start on an aspect of the application? Are you currently working on your application and looking for some insights to polish your submission? We recently asked the …

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