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Peat – the decayed vegetation that forms over hundreds of years in cold, wet climates – has unique and beneficial characteristics.
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Where there are rural roads, there are ditches. But poorly built ditches can erode, sending large amounts of sediment to streams.
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DULUTH, Minn. – Biological changes in microscopic organisms on the bottom of the Great Lakes food chain send up a big red flag to scientists of possible changes to come.
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Nurturing natural resources, while also using those resources for economic prosperity, is at the heart of NRRI’s mission.
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Back in 1999, the Environmental Protection Agency needed new approaches for understanding the complexities of U.S. coastal zones.
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“The Golden-winged Warbler has a few things going against it,” said NRRI researcher, Alexis Grinde. She has been studying this yellow-capped, bandit-masked, teeny-tiny gray bird for four years.
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Science is frustrating. The more we know, the more we realize how much we don’t know. Nothing is 100 percent. Answers change.
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Predictive modeling has shown that climate change could impact the organisms in the Great Lakes. Now we see that, indeed, it does.
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DULUTH, Minn. – The Supplemental Budget approved by Governor Mark Dayton Wednesday included $2.6 million for the Natural Resources Research Institute at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
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The healing powers in birch bark are well known. NRRI received a grant to increase production and lower the price of those valuable chemicals.
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