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Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

Getting to Green is an MPR News series that shares stories about Minnesota’s clean energy transition, including what needs to be done to get there.

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Eavesdropping on nature gives clues to biodiversity

Scientists have been putting recorders in the field to listen around the clock to animals species they are studying. They're trying to track how animal populations are affected by a world that's under increasing pressure from human activities.

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Invasive fruit fly presence confirmed

The presence of an invasive insect that can damage berry crops has been detected and confirmed by researchers at the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Xcel to up wind portfolio by a third

Xcel to up wind portfolio by a third

Three new wind energy projects in Minnesota and North Dakota would help Xcel Energy boost its Midwest wind portfolio by a third, the utility said Tuesday.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Rain gardens challenge the suburban lawn culture

Rain gardens challenge the suburban lawn culture

“This is crazy,” the man said as he and a colleague looked at the open pit in our front yard last week before turning to my wife. “I hope you like West Nile Virus,” he said. He was there to move the utility lines that stood in the way of one of 26 fascinating experiments…
by Bob Collins

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Bear researcher Lynn Rogers to meet with Dayton next week

Bear researcher Lynn Rogers to meet with Dayton next week

Bear researcher Lynn Rogers is getting his wish to meet with Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton as he makes a last-ditch appeal to keep his permits to radio-collar wild bears and place video cameras in their dens.

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Under cover of darkness, researchers capture, track loons in Minnesota

Under cover of darkness, researchers capture, track loons in Minnesota

How do you sneak up on a loon? That's the question this night as wildlife scientists slide a boat into South Turtle Lake, a few miles east of Fergus Falls.
by Dan Gunderson

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Photos: Researchers capture, track loons in Minn.

Photos: Researchers capture, track loons in Minn.

A La Crosse, Wis.-based U.S. Geological Survey research team is traveling across Minnesota and Wisconsin collecting data to learn more about loon migration patterns.
by Nathaniel Minor

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Zebra mussels found in 2 central Minn. lakes

Zebra mussels found in 2 central Minn. lakes

State wildlife officials say adult zebra mussels have been found in Cross Lake and Lower Hay Lake -- two of the 14 lakes in the Whitefish chain in central Minnesota.

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A mosquito's idea of a delicious human

If mosquitoes used Yelp, they might look for their next meal by searching nearby for a heavy-breathing human with Type O blood, sporting a red shirt and more than a smattering of skin bacteria. Preferably either pregnant or holding a beer. If you're a blood-sucker's favorite target, it could simply be a matter of genetics.

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