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Peat – the decayed vegetation that forms over hundreds of years in cold, wet climates – has unique and beneficial characteristics.
Where there are rural roads, there are ditches. But poorly built ditches can erode, sending large amounts of sediment to streams.
Donning hard hat, ear plugs and muck boots, NRRI scientist Annie Bracey prepares to get screamed at and pooped on.
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.
Nurturing natural resources, while also using those resources for economic prosperity, is at the heart of NRRI’s mission.
Back in 1999, the Environmental Protection Agency needed new approaches for understanding the complexities of U.S. coastal zones.
“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.
Science is frustrating. The more we know, the more we realize how much we don’t know. Nothing is 100 percent. Answers change.
Predictive modeling has shown that climate change could impact the organisms in the Great Lakes. Now we see that, indeed, it does.
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.