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Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

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How concerned should we be about climate change?

How concerned should we be about climate change?

In September, the UN stated that climate change is the defining issue of our time and that global leaders have until 2020 to come up with solutions. In a recent New York Times op-ed, columnist David Wallace-Wells says it might be time to panic about climate change.
by Kerri Miller and Jeffrey Bissoy

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Snow tubes, stream gauges and satellites: How do experts forecast floods?

Snow tubes, stream gauges and satellites: How do experts forecast floods?

The National Weather Service is predicting a higher-than-usual risk of flooding this spring, thanks to the winter's heavy snowfall. But how does a flood outlook come together? It takes lots of agencies, lots of researchers, lots of data -- and time.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Mysterious type of killer whales, sought after for years, found in southern ocean

Mysterious type of killer whales, sought after for years, found in southern ocean

The notion that there might be some new kind of killer whale emerged in 1955, when photos from New Zealand showed a bunch of unusual-looking whales stranded on a beach.
by Christopher Joyce

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Minnesota pledges 100 percent carbon-free energy. Is it possible?

Minnesota pledges 100 percent carbon-free energy. Is it possible?

Minnesota already has a 25 percent renewable energy mandate, and close to half of the state's electricity comes from carbon-free sources: renewable energy, which mostly comes from wind but also solar and hydroelectricity; and non-renewable nuclear, which doesn't give off carbon.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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