Recent News Coverage
Regional, National and International media coverage of NRRI research.
- – Partnerships may pave the way to a more environmentally focused future in the mining industry – MPR
- – Alexander joins NRRI to drive external engagement – Duluth News Tribune
- – Green shoots of hope – Star Tribune
- – Duluth's trees in season of change – Duluth News Tribune
- – Big Plans for Biochar – Minnesota Conservation Volunteer
- – Finding salt alternatives to keep Minnesota roads safe – KSTP News
- – Springing into action with learning about green infrastructure – WDIO
- – Biocarbon Meets Steel Production – Biomass Magazine
- – Canada lynx population appears steady in Minnesota – Duluth News Tribune
- – Northern Minnesota green iron plant to be studied – Mesabi Tribune
- – The Twin Cities have only seen 16 inches of snow this year. What happens if we don't get enough? – WCCO News
- – Warrior Walleyes and Invasive Rusties – Prairie Sportsman | Pioneer PBS
- – Grant to test feasibility of green iron plant on the Range – Timberjay
- – Another milestone for a pioneering green iron plant for the region – WDIO
- – Federal funding for ‘green’ iron manufacturing study could be caught up in politics – Star Tribune
- – Natural Resources Research Institute lands $1.3M for 'green iron' research – Duluth News Tribune
- – Owl irruption in northern Minnesota brings rare sightings and rising injuries – WTIP North Shore Community Radio
- – Where squirrels collide: Are Minnesota’s southern flying squirrels overtaking their northern cousins? – Star Tribune
- – Talking deer collisions with U of M – Grand Rapids Herald Review
- – Risk of hitting a deer increases in Minnesota with time change Sunday – WJON radio - St. Cloud
- – Featured Taconite tailings show promise as high friction surface treatment – Mesabi Tribune
- – Beneath the Surface: Uncovering the Cold War Secrets of Minnesota – PBS North
- – How biochar — the ‘Swiss Army knife of climate tools’ — is growing in Minnesota – MPR
- – Zone of sympatry – UMD News
- – Weekend water advisory on Park Point result of routine testing – Northern News Now
- – Study: fishers migrating, adapting to southeast – Outdoor News Minnesota
- – Testing friction of road material made with taconite tailings with technology called SCRIM – WDIO
- – What happened to all the leeches in Leech Lake? – Star Tribune
- – Minneapolis is on the leading edge of biochar, a carbon sequestering material full of promise and still under research – Star Tribune
- – Minnesota drivers hit thousands of deer a year. Here's where it happens most. – Star Tribune
- – The State of Water: A Core Conversation (33:15) – PBS North Almanac North
- – UMD researchers tackle how to remove invasive species inside boats – Duluth News Tribune
- – Interview Annie Bracey - Bird Biologist – KTWH Radio
- – Detailed accounts of 250 birds in Minnesota – Hometown Focus
- – How our extreme weather is impacting fish and wildlife in our region – WDIO
- – It’s a matter of degrees: How warmer lake waters impact recreation and our health – WDIO
- – Talking Minnesota’s migratory birds with U of M – University of Minnesota News
- – NRRI taking a hand in steel decarbonization research – Mesabe Tribune
- – Identifying Deer-Vehicle Collisions in Minnesota – Center for Transportation Studies
- – NRRI’s Lucinda Johnson receives SFS Career Award – Duluth News Tribune
- – Can steelmaking be made climate friendly? – Pioneer Press
- – NRRI scientist named ASLO Sustaining Fellow – Duluth News Tribune
- – NRRI gets $1.5M to study replacing fossil fuels in steelmaking – Duluth News Tribune
- – The big iron strike that wasn’t – Timberjay
- – Historic warm, low-snow winter boon to many wildlife, bust for others – Duluth News Tribune
- – 'It's like Christmas morning for a geologist' – Mesabe Tribune
- – Canadian company eyes Minn. titanium, copper-nickel projects – Duluth News Tribune
- – Meet the NRRI Coleraine researcher, Sunil Tripathy – Hometown Focus
- – Birds and climate: it’s a complex relationship – Hometown Focus
- – How plants could make steel more sustainable – World Bio Market Insights
- – Canada Lynx research in northeastern Minnesota continues, plans to expand – WTIP
- – Warm winter weather impacting plants and animals in the Northland – WDIO
- – NRRI Works To Develop “Green Steel” Making Process – KDAL
- – NRRI receives grant to replace fossil fuel in some steelmaking – Business North
- – Whatever happened to … birch bark extracts? – Hometown Focus
- – The Natural Resources Research Institute: Uniquely driven to balance nature with need – The Reader
- – Why Does Salting Roads Make Them Safer? – Scientific American
- – Fisher research at NRRI – WDIO
- – Free rain barrel program helps Duluth residents get involved in flood prevention – Yale Climate Connections
- – Low-emissions steelmaking could be big business for Minnesota’s Iron Range, experts say – Energy News Network
- – Climate disruption: what are we in for? – Agate Magazine
- – Water quality issues challenge what it means to 'leave no trace' in beloved Boundary Waters – Milwaukee Journal Sentinal
- – First Women Innovators Conference Hosted At UMD And U Of M At Same Time – Fox21 News
- – Green Visions: St. Louis River Estuary Algal Blooms – WDSE The North Radio
- – Minnesota DNR: Don't veer during peak deer, moose season – WCCO News
- – Minnesota researchers explore how road design can reduce deer collisions – KSTP-TV
- – Talking deer collisions with U of M – University of Minnesota News
- – Iron and Minerals of the Future Initiative – Mesabi Tribune
- – MNAtlas.org wins University of MN Innovation Impact Award – Duluth News Tribune
- – Northland researchers look to biochar as possible climate solution – Duluth News Tribune