Recent News Coverage
Regional, National and International media coverage of NRRI research.
- – Talking deer collisions with U of M –
- – Risk of hitting a deer increases in Minnesota with time change Sunday –
- – Featured Taconite tailings show promise as high friction surface treatment –
- – How biochar — the ‘Swiss Army knife of climate tools’ — is growing in Minnesota –
- – Zone of sympatry –
- – Weekend water advisory on Park Point result of routine testing –
- – Study: fishers migrating, adapting to southeast –
- – Testing friction of road material made with taconite tailings with technology called SCRIM –
- – What happened to all the leeches in Leech Lake? –
- – Minneapolis is on the leading edge of biochar, a carbon sequestering material full of promise and still under research –
- – Minnesota drivers hit thousands of deer a year. Here's where it happens most. –
- – The State of Water: A Core Conversation (33:15) –
- – UMD researchers tackle how to remove invasive species inside boats –
- – Interview Annie Bracey - Bird Biologist –
- – Detailed accounts of 250 birds in Minnesota –
- – How our extreme weather is impacting fish and wildlife in our region –
- – It’s a matter of degrees: How warmer lake waters impact recreation and our health –
- – Talking Minnesota’s migratory birds with U of M –
- – NRRI taking a hand in steel decarbonization research –
- – Identifying Deer-Vehicle Collisions in Minnesota –
- – NRRI’s Lucinda Johnson receives SFS Career Award –
- – Can steelmaking be made climate friendly? –
- – NRRI scientist named ASLO Sustaining Fellow –
- – NRRI gets $1.5M to study replacing fossil fuels in steelmaking –
- – The big iron strike that wasn’t –
- – Historic warm, low-snow winter boon to many wildlife, bust for others –
- – 'It's like Christmas morning for a geologist' –
- – Canadian company eyes Minn. titanium, copper-nickel projects –
- – Meet the NRRI Coleraine researcher, Sunil Tripathy –
- – Birds and climate: it’s a complex relationship –
- – How plants could make steel more sustainable –
- – Canada Lynx research in northeastern Minnesota continues, plans to expand –
- – Warm winter weather impacting plants and animals in the Northland –
- – NRRI Works To Develop “Green Steel” Making Process –
- – NRRI receives grant to replace fossil fuel in some steelmaking –
- – Whatever happened to … birch bark extracts? –
- – The Natural Resources Research Institute: Uniquely driven to balance nature with need –
- – Why Does Salting Roads Make Them Safer? –
- – Fisher research at NRRI –
- – Free rain barrel program helps Duluth residents get involved in flood prevention –
- – Low-emissions steelmaking could be big business for Minnesota’s Iron Range, experts say –
- – Climate disruption: what are we in for? –
- – Water quality issues challenge what it means to 'leave no trace' in beloved Boundary Waters –
- – First Women Innovators Conference Hosted At UMD And U Of M At Same Time –
- – Green Visions: St. Louis River Estuary Algal Blooms –
- – Minnesota DNR: Don't veer during peak deer, moose season –
- – Minnesota researchers explore how road design can reduce deer collisions –
- – Talking deer collisions with U of M –
- – Iron and Minerals of the Future Initiative –
- – MNAtlas.org wins University of MN Innovation Impact Award –
- – Northland researchers look to biochar as possible climate solution –
- – What Was That? - Rocky Lied to Me! –
- – Study: Wildfire led to poorer water quality in northern Minnesota lakes –
- – New study reveals Greenwood fire’s impact on nearby lakes –
- – How does a forest wildfire affect water quality? –
- – Researchers study water quality impacts following 2021 Greenwood Fire –
- – Beyond Scrubbing: Reducing Sulfate Stress from Wastewater at Minnesota Power’s Last Coal-burning Power Plant –
- – Using evidence from last Ice Age, scientists predict effects of rising seas on coastal habitats –
- – These Housing Industry Partnerships Pave A Path To Innovation –
- – LET IT GROW: Northland research lab creates new way to fight climate change –
- – Wildfires contribute to nutrient-rich, murky water in lakes –
- – Wildfires contribute to nutrient-rich, murky water in lakes –
- – NRRI’s popular Poplar InnovaTree is helping the environment –
- – A new species of tree helps remove large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. You can only get it from a Bayfield farm –
- – UMD’s fast-growing Innovatree poses solution for reforestation, environmental cleanup –
- – A new fast-growing tree species out of Minnesota may be part of a climate change solution –
- – A steel industry game-changer –
- – After 30 years, researchers at the University of Minnesota Duluth have created a new tree –
- – UMD research institute 'housing a house' for Two Harbors company –
- – ‘Rock snot’ continues to threaten biodiversity in many North Shore rivers and streams –
- – Study looks into biochar for battery recycling –
- – University of Minnesota trademarks fastest-growing poplar tree –
- – Wetlands were everywhere on the Great Lakes, how one project is helping save them –
- – Louisiana-Pacific, NRRI create a new way to partner –
- – Researchers in Duluth turn streams purple to help measure effectiveness of restoration –
- – Researchers studying restoration at Mission Creek using new dye technique –
- – New robotic tool reduces repetitive analyses –
- – Birds, bugs and climate change –
- – MagIron moves toward starting scram mining operations –
- – NRRI, Louisiana Pacific create onsite showroom/innovation center –
- – Innovation Center Provides New Opportunities For LP Building Solutions –
- – LP Building Solutions Announces Grand Opening of LP Innovation Center –
- – LP Innovation Center inside UMD’s NRRI will focus on the future of building materials –
- – Ongoing research hopes to build a water quality monitoring strategy for the future of the St. Louis River –