Recent News Coverage
Regional, National and International media coverage of NRRI research.
- – 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 –
- – St. Louis River water quality project launched by NRRI, others –
- – Multi-Year Initiative Funded by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Aims to Support a More Resilient and Sustainable Domestic Supply Chain by Investing in Next Generation Metal Recycling Technologies –
- – Water quality sampling effort in Lake Superior estuary targets emerging threats from harmful algal blooms –
- – Eyes On The Skies: Saturday is World Migratory Bird Day –
- – May is a big month for migratory birds in the Northland –
- – Minnesota’s migratory birds celebrated on May 13 –
- – New Grant To Increase Water Quality Monitoring in St. Louis River Estuary –
- – Heat Treatment: Arbor Wood Hopes to become "the Kleenex of modified wood –
- – Duluth atwitter as cold snap slows songbird migration –
- – Earth Month: NRRI’s Biochar research –
- – Weiss: Old friends return — fisher, bobcat sightings on the rise –
- – Walz budget proposal includes millions in grants for taconite industry to reduce mercury, sulfate –
- – Biochar forestry could reduce wildfire risk and capture carbon –
- – Forest Service partners with researchers to transform wildfire fuel into biochar in Superior National Forest –
- – How to explore a billion-year-old volcanic mystery along Lake Superior –
- – Connecticut Warbler and other songbird populations on the decline in Superior National Forest –
- – Developing a portfolio key to region’s future –
- – Hope for the Iron Range economy, but we must put the past behind us –
- – NRRI Dr. Chan Lan Chun talks road salt - WTIP interview –
- – Fisher population continues to decline across Superior National Forest –
- – Minnesota researchers aim to reduce deer-vehicle collisions along Highway 61, other roadways –
- – Study sends fisher biologists back to the drawing board –
- – Minnesota's forests a haven where rare warbler still sings –
- – Whitefish campaign seeks to lift fisheries while fish stocks drop –
- – U of M researchers seeking to cut down state's number of car-deer crashes –
- – U.S. Steel investment in Iron Range could extend region's relevance in industry –
- – It's bats! –
- – Science of the Future: The Natural Resource Research Institute works to solve tomorrow's problems today. –
- – Science of the Future: The Natural Resource Research Institute works to solve tomorrow's problems today. –
- – Science of the Future –
- – Local bat populations decimated by fungal infection –
- – Northern Minnesota experiment attracted some fishers — and other critters, too –
- – Reports from Minnesota's 2022 grouse season –
- – Green Visions: Electronic Waste –
- – Wisconsin habitat work hoped to save troubled Connecticut warbler –
- – Core Conversations: The Future of Mining –
- – Young researchers do complex work with a simple truth: Natural resources at the center –
- – ForCAST is a modeling tool to help plan future forest management –
- – Cold, clear days help generate those colorful leaves –