EPA facility in Duluth has helped protect human health.
Diving for Great Lakes Answers
Two mussel species set off a cascade of events in the Great Lakes
“We got jellyfish!”
Student scientists in Michigan add to the sparse scientific record about Craspedacusta sowerbii, a freshwater jellyfish found in inland lakes and rivers throughout the Great Lakes.
Finding new ways to assert treaty rights and protect the environment
White Earth attorney Frank Bibeau is coming up with new ways to protect the environment by asserting tribal rights.
Protecting wild rice: will site-specific standards work?
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has been trying for years to figure out how to get taconite mines to reduce the sulfate in their effluent because it damages wild rice. The current effort involves something called Site Specific Standards, and it looks likely that it will have no more success than previous attempts.
Ice
The mysteries of ice formation and melting are revealed.
Interest grows in native “rough fish”
Recent research on some of Minnesota’s native fishes pinpoints astonishing longevity and an important role in ecosystems.
Collaborating with nature
Members of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa share their generations-old farming practices.
Living with Aquatic Invaders
Scientists have learned a lot about aquatic invasive species, and experts now say the appearance of an exotic species in a body of water doesn’t necessarily mean the end of life as we know it.
EPA okays new Minnesota water quality rules
The federal government has approved controversial water quality changes for Minnesota.