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Warming waters lead to cannibalistic lobsters

Warming waters lead to cannibalistic lobsters

Species are not evolving fast enough to cope with climate change, according to a new study from the University of Arizona in Tucson.

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Farmers hope spindly weed is a biofuel gusher

Farmers hope spindly weed is a biofuel gusher

The spindly camelina plant looks more like a weed than a crop, but scientists are hoping it will be a whiz at producing oil for biodiesel fuel.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Aspen Ideas Festival: Fear and hope about climate change

Aspen Ideas Festival: Fear and hope about climate change

Engineer Hal Harvey talks about the human contribution to climate change and the global technological and behavioral solutions that may help to avert it.

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Minneapolis tries to stop zebra mussels with heightened prevention efforts

Minneapolis tries to stop zebra mussels with heightened prevention efforts

Ever since zebra mussels infested Lake Minnetonka in 2010, Minneapolis officials have been bracing themselves for the discovery of the sharp-shelled invaders in one of the city's beloved lakes.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Masses of plastic particles found in Great Lakes

Masses of plastic particles found in Great Lakes

Already ravaged by toxic algae, invasive mussels and industrial pollution, the Great Lakes now confront another potential threat that few had even imagined until recently: untold millions of plastic litter bits, some visible only through a microscope.

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Minn. bear researcher Lynn Rogers wins temporary, partial reprieve

Minn. bear researcher Lynn Rogers wins temporary, partial reprieve

Minn. bear researcher Lynn Rogers won a temporary reprieve in court today that allows him to continue his controversial research.
by Tim Nelson

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DNR cuts wolf quota by nearly half

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will reduce the number of wolves that can be killed in this fall's wolf hunt.
by Tim Post

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Armyworm damaging crops in Minn., N.D.

Armyworm damaging crops in Minn., N.D.

Parts of Minnesota are seeing the worst armyworm infestation in decades. The worms are damaging crops from the southeastern part of the state up through west central Minnesota and into North Dakota.
by Sasha Aslanian

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Ely researcher vs. DNR over collars on bears

Ely researcher vs. DNR over collars on bears

Ely bear researcher Lynn Rogers goes to court on Monday in Ramsey County to ask a judge to allow him to keep GPS collars on 10 study bears.
by Dan Kraker

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