07 August 2018
Before college, diatoms
High school students are doing great things in Iowa. This year, six students from Iowa, Minnesota, California, and Texas earned college credit...
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25 July 2018
Publication on diatoms of western Canada
In this publication, diatoms are documented from rivers, streams, lakes, pools, bogs, fens, beaver ponds and wet meadows in six regions of western...
12 February 2018
Tiny fossils, huge slides
Are diatoms the key to Earth's biggest slides? February 12, 2018, Geological Society of America The biggest landslides on Earth aren't on...
03 August 2017
Beer and Diatoms: The perfect mix
The Science Museum of Minnesota hosts an adults-only Social Science event each month. In July it was Fermentational Informational, where grown-ups...
31 January 2017
The Gomphonema Round Up Taxon Workshop
The Gomphonema Round Up Taxon Workshop US EPA Biological Criteria Program Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia 4-9...
20 January 2017
Citizen Scientists Lend a Hand
Three times a year, the Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM) hosts a very special event. Members Behind the Scenes gives visitors the opportunity to...
10 January 2017
Do diatoms form fossils?
The silica cell walls of diatoms are inorganic, so they do not decompose. When diatoms die, they sink to the bottom of the wetland or lake or ocean...
17 November 2016
Diatom of the Month
The “Diatom of the Month” project is a monthly series of blog posts on diatoms, precious primary producers, and invaluable indicators of...
25 September 2016
Phycological Research Consortium gets things done
The Phycological Research Consortium (PRC) takes off in 2016, with a number of accomplishments. PRC promoted the expanded use of Iowa Lakeside...
01 September 2016
Does climate affect diatoms?
Yes, and yes. Climate affects diatoms in complex ways. As the planet warms due to the increase in carbon dioxide, scientists predict that larger...
11 August 2016
When art and diatoms collide
A new book of poetry, You This Close, by Minnesota writer Su Smallen incorporates diatoms, rivers, science, and the happenings of nature in poems...
31 December 2015
What is diatomaceous earth?
Diatomaceous earth, or diatomite, is composed by the silica cell walls of diatoms. There are many deposits of diatomite in North America, both...
