Mn Sea Grant: Sea Grant Files

Host Jesse Schomberg talks about extreme weather events in 2017, research results indicating that primary productivity is increasing in Lake Superior's and what a changing climate might have to do with these observable phenomena.

Sharon Moen talks with Dr. Thomas Beery, Minnesota Sea Grant's Resilience Specialist, about the benefits of using nature in urban design, his article in the journal Ambio, and his work in Sweden and Duluth.

Host Sharon Moen talks with Dr. Lucinda Johnson, associate director of the Natural Resources Research Institute, about water quality and Governor Dayton's goal of improving Minnesota water 25% by 2025.

Host Jesse Schomberg offers advice about enjoying Minnesota's fishing season and how you can Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers!

Paleolimnologist Elizabeth Alexson with the University of Minnesota Duluth's Natural Resources Research Institute talks with Jesse Schomberg about diatoms and what she learned by studying them.

Host Jesse Schomberg introduces listeners to a dog that helps whale researchers, oyster-inspired paint and sea vegetable farming to illustrate how federally funded science is making a difference in the U.S.

Host Jesse Schomberg talks with Adele Yorde, public relations director at the Duluth Seaway Port Authority, about the history of the St. Louis River Quest for area sixth-graders and the start of this year's shipping season.

Host Jesse Schomberg talks with Dr. John Pastor, professor of biology at the University of Minnesota Duluth, about his 5-year study of wild rice and how this state grain responds to the nuances of sulfate and sulfide in Minnesota waters.

Guest host and Minnesota Sea Grant Director Dr. John A. Downing discusses the ways Sea Grant benefits the economic and environmental security of Minnesotans and the U.S.

Join host Jesse Schomberg as he explains how Pink Salmon came to live in Lake Superior.

Host Jesse Schomberg talks about Lake Superior's sand, how it forms and why he has a bag of black sand in his office.

Host Jesse Schomberg talks with University of Minnesota Duluth undergraduate Annika Whitcomb about her role in managing Minnesota Sea Grant's social media.

Jesse Schomberg talks with L.J. Rogers, UMD undergraduate and president of the American Fisheries Society - University of Minnesota Duluth Subunit, about preparing for a career in fisheries science.

Host Jesse Schomberg talks about cyanobacteria (aka. blue-green algae) and ways that Sea Grant, and possibly you, are working to understand hazardous algae blooms.

Host Jesse Schomberg interviews Dr. Michael Sierszen, Research Ecologist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, about the Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative on the Great Lakes.

On Oct 15, 1966 President Johnson signed the Sea Grant College Act. Why would he do such a thing? What did it do? What has it done (maybe found a key to curing cancer?!?!?)? What does it mean for the future?

Host Jesse Schomberg talks about the charter fishing industry in western Lake Superior and the aquatic food web on which it is built.

Host Jesse Schomberg interviews UMD undergraduate Claire Freesmeier about her internship with Minnesota Sea Grant's Aquatic Invasive Species Program and the non-native species that are poised to damage Lake Superior if the region continues to warm due to its changing climate.

Find out more about Minnesota Walleye as host Jesse Schomberg interviews Minnesota Sea Grant Fisheries Extension Educator Don Schreiner. Topics include balancing stocking with wild reproduction, and aquatic invasive species.

Host Jesse Schomberg talks with Minnesota Sea Grant Fisheries Extension Educator Don Schreiner about Minnesota's state fish ... the Walleye. Topics include eyes, Walleye chop and distribution. Tip for anglers: Shiner minnows!