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Mindy Selman

Mindy Selman
Senior Associate, People & Ecosystems Program
mselman@wri.org|+1 (202) 729-7644

Mindy Selman is a senior associate in the People and Ecosystems Program of the World Resources Institute. She leads WRI’s Eutrophication and Hypoxia project, which focuses on nutrient pollution in coastal waters.

Latest Post

Extreme Weather: A Mixed Bag for Dead Zones
Submitted on October 10, 2012
This post was co-authored with Bob Diaz, a WRI partner and professor at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. This year’s extreme weather events—a warm winter, even warmer summer, and a drought that covered nearly two-thirds of the continental United States—has certainly caused its fair share of damages. But despite the crop failures, water shortages, and heat waves, extreme weather created...

More Blog Posts

How Food Production Impacts Water Quality
Submitted on August 23, 2012
This post is part of a series on World Water Week, an annual event designed to draw attention to and discuss global water issues. Read more posts in this series. Our water systems are currently...
"Shocking" New Report Confirms Threats to World's Oceans and Reefs
Submitted on June 22, 2011
A new report on the state of the world’s oceans is gaining considerable attention this week. The report by the International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO) and the International Union for...
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