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Obama plans to create world's largest marine protected area

Obama plans to create world's largest marine protected area

President Obama expanded a national monument off the coast of Hawaii citing its "diverse ecological communities" as well as "great cultural significance to the Native Hawaiian community and a connection to early Polynesian culture worthy of protection and understanding."
by Associated Press

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Universities awarded grants to study harmful algae blooms

Two Michigan universities have received state funding to develop technologies that would help identify and track harmful algae blooms in the Great Lakes.
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Hot and wet August, and what to expect this fall

MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with University of Minnesota climatologist Mark Seeley about a hot and wet August and what's to come this fall.

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Edina couple practice climate change evangelism on epic scale

Edina couple practice climate change evangelism on epic scale

Cyclists hope to blaze a trail of political will for action on climate change while barely leaving a carbon footprint in their wake.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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U study: Nicotine-based insecticides inhibit bee reproduction

U study: Nicotine-based insecticides inhibit bee reproduction

An important new finding adds to the growing understanding of why bee populations are in decline, and it comes as the state is considering new insecticide regulations.
by Dan Gunderson

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Invasive algae found in two more Minnesota lakes

Starry stonewort, a fast-growing, grass-like invasive algae, has spread to Upper Red Lake and Cass Lake.
by Dan Gunderson

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Douglas Brinkley on the Roosevelts and the National Parks

Douglas Brinkley on the Roosevelts and the National Parks

We mark today's centennial of the National Park Service with a talk by historian Douglas Brinkley, who has written books about the two presidents he thinks have had the biggest impact on conservation in America: Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt. FDR said, "there's nothing more American than the National Parks."

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Zebra mussels found in popular Carver County lake

Zebra mussels found in popular Carver County lake

The invasive pests were discovered at the public boat access to Lake Minnewashta in Chanhassen. County and watershed officials say they're working quickly to stop a lakewide infestation.
by MPR News Staff

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