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Lush trees and shallow water sit beneath a blue sky, and a Minneapolis skyscraper rises in the background.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Trees Can Cool Cities, But Only with a Little Help

by Saima May Sidik 14 February 202514 February 2025

To get the benefits of trees, city managers must give greenery what it needs to thrive, says new research.

A calm lake is surrounded by evergreen trees that reflect in its waters.
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The Five States Where Environmental Ballot Initiatives Triumphed

by Joseph Winters 8 November 20248 November 2024

Across the country, voters approved spending billions of dollars on climate resilience and conservation.

Two glass enclosures among a forest of spruce trees in the snow
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Warming Experiment Explores Consequences of Diminished Snow

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 1 April 20247 August 2024

The SPRUCE ecosystem in northern Minnesota offered a setting to research exactly how a snowy environment responds to rising temperatures.

Oleoducto en el sitio de derrame de petróleo Bemidji en Minnesota
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Los microbios podrían comer minerales magnéticos en un sitio de derrame de petróleo

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 7 June 20227 June 2022

Nuevos experimentos en un antiguo sitio de derrames de petróleo en Minnesota sugieren que los procesos no biológicos por sí solos no pueden explicar la disminución de la magnetización.

Installation of new pipeline through the Bemidji oil spill site in Minnesota
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Microbes Might Munch Magnetic Minerals at Oil Spill Site

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 19 May 20227 June 2022

New experiments at an old oil spill site in Minnesota suggest that nonbiological processes alone may not account for decreased magnetization.

Exposed Precambrian bedrock in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeast Minnesota
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Recognizing Geology’s Colonial History for Better Policy Today

by Maddy Nyblade and Jenn McDonald 7 September 202129 March 2023

The Minnesota Geological Survey has contributed to the dispossession of homelands from Indigenous Peoples. The agency is creating more just policies.

Researchers model sulfate levels in freshwater environments, and how they impact wild rice
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North American Wild Rice Faces Sulfide Toxicity

by Jenny Lunn 6 October 20179 November 2022

Researchers have developed a model to inform the regulation of sulfate levels in freshwater environments that are threatening the iconic plant.

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How a River Gets Its Width

by E. Betz 18 February 201515 March 2023

A new model of deposition and erosion on river banks allows scientists to study how the banks control their stream’s width.

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