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Trusting the Science

By Laurie Allmann | March 1, 2021 |

Agate commentary and an interview with scientist Jim Almendinger

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Commentary, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Research, Science, St. Croix River Tagged With: science

Going Driftless

By Jeffrey Broberg | December 2, 2020 |

Geologist Jeff Broberg explores the origins of the Driftless Region

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Driftless Region, History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Research, Science, Series Tagged With: science

Great Lakes Estuaries

By Stephanie Hemphill | October 11, 2020 |

Estuaries in the Great Lakes are among the most productive, life-supporting and interesting environments on the planet.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Nature, Research, Resource Management, Science, Water quality

Flexing mussels

By Greg Seitz | April 13, 2020 |

The life-and-death secrets of mussels.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Nature, Research, Science, St. Croix River, wildlife Tagged With: aquatic life, mussels, science, Wildlife

Audible underwater worlds

By Stephanie Hemphill | February 15, 2020 |

Researchers drill a hole to sink a hydrophone into an ice-covered lake.

A researcher records sounds under the surface of Minnesota lakes and hopes to learn whether humans are disturbing the lives of the denizens of the deep.

Filed Under: Fish, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Research, Resource Management, Science, Uncategorized, Water quality Tagged With: fish, Great Lakes, lakes, research

Confronting Great Lakes invaders

By Stephanie Hemphill | October 15, 2019 |

Mid-ocean ballast water exchange is working well to keep non-native aquatic organisms from invading the Great Lakes, but scientists are racing to find more secure solutions.

Filed Under: Fish, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Policy, Research, Resource Management, Science, Water quality, wildlife Tagged With: ais, Great Lakes, invasive species

Will woodland caribou survive in the Lake Superior basin?

By Nancy Langston | January 14, 2019 |

Woodland caribou on Michipicoten Island in Lake Superior. Credit: Christian Schroeder.

Human policy decisions may pose a more imminent threat to caribou than climate change.

Filed Under: Climate Change, History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Research, Science, wildlife Tagged With: climate change, Wildlife

Art, Science, Empathy, Action

By Agate | December 15, 2018 |

Upper Wright Down. Artist Chris Kannen. McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER

Michigan Researcher Lissy Goralnik Explores the Connections

Filed Under: Art, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Research Tagged With: art, interviews, science

Green Bay project promises answers for thorny questions about agricultural runoff

By Stephanie Hemphill | November 3, 2018 |

The water quality in Silver Creek is improving with a concerted effort spearheaded by Green Bay's Sanitary District.

An experiment with before-and-after data could provide focused information about how well various practices work to reduce nutrient pollution of streams and lakes.

Filed Under: Agriculture, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Research, Water quality Tagged With: Agriculture, clean water, Great Lakes

Canada Lynx: Life on the Edge

By Laurie Allmann | April 27, 2018 |

An 8,065 square-mile region in northeastern Minnesota is defined as critical habitat for threatened lynx in the Lower 48 under the Endangered Species Act. Photo © Thomas Spence

As researchers in the Superior National Forest work to learn more about the Canada lynx, the species may lose its federal protected status in the Lower 48

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Research, wildlife

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