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Seeing more sky

By Laurie Allmann | December 28, 2024 |

Climate change hits home

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Climate Change, Forestry, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Uncategorized Tagged With: climate change, trees

CO2 pipeline proposed across the Upper Midwest

By Stephanie Hemphill | April 19, 2024 |

Carbon dioxide pipelines are coming; but do we want them?

Filed Under: Agriculture, An Agate Original, Climate Change, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Policy, Resource Management Tagged With: Ethanol

Small co-ops lag in clean energy production

By Stephanie Hemphill | February 17, 2024 |

Solar panels being installed

Small rural electric co-ops struggle to join the clean energy transition.

Filed Under: Climate Change, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Policy Tagged With: minnesota, policy

Climate disruption: what are we in for?

By Stephanie Hemphill | November 21, 2023 |

Pines on the St. Croix River

We are all noticing changes in the climate. What can we expect in Minnesota?

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Birds, Climate Change, Conservation practices, Forestry, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Lake Superior, Nature, Research Tagged With: conservation, Lake Superior, minnesota, Nature, Northern Minnesota

In northern Minnesota, early adopters make the case for cold-climate heat pumps

By Stephanie Hemphill | August 10, 2023 |

Michael Overend stands under the manifold where the heat pump refrigerant comes in and warm air is sent to several rooms through ductwork.

Heat pump installers and early adopters in and around Duluth, Minnesota, are demonstrating how the technology can work even in a notoriously cold climate such as northern Minnesota.

Filed Under: Climate Change, Conservation practices, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Policy Tagged With: conservation, Northern Minnesota, resource management

Wind Resistance

By Patrick Shea, Points North | December 31, 2022 |

Wind turbines are being built in ocean waters off the east and west coasts. But why don’t we see any in the Great Lakes?

Filed Under: Climate Change, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Lake Superior, Policy Tagged With: conservation, policy

Peatlands: A closer look at an otherworldly world

By Laurie Allmann | October 28, 2022 |

Filed Under: Climate Change, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Peatlands, Uncategorized Tagged With: Northern Minnesota, peatlands

Ecosystems changing rapidly in many remote northern lakes

By Greg Seitz | September 3, 2022 |

Recent studies show how protected waters of Midwest National Parks are affected by global forces.

Filed Under: Climate Change, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Research, Science, Water quality Tagged With: Michigan, minnesota, national parks, water, wisconsin

Minnesota wildfire outlook

By Chance Lasher | June 22, 2022 |

Many factors play into the risk of wildfires; an outlook for this season, and why Duluth is uniquely vulnerable.

Filed Under: Climate Change, Forestry, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Nature, Science, Wildfire Tagged With: Nature, Northern Minnesota, Wildfire

Quirky plants on Lake Superior’s rugged shore

By Stephanie Hemphill | March 19, 2022 |

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Climate Change, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Lake Superior, Nature, Research, Resource Management, Science Tagged With: Lake Superior, Nature

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