Play4min 10secFargo scientists search for next generation of plant-based plasticsNovember 5, 2019 2:30 PMBy Dan GundersonA national collaboration of scientists from four universities is breaking new ground in the search for plant-based plastic to replace petroleum-based materials.
Play47min 11secLoving the planet to deathNovember 5, 2019 1:35 PMBy Kerri Miller and Kelly GordonIn the age of climate change, travel has become an ethical conundrum. How do we see the world – or even get to work – without ruining the planet?
Play5min 02secSearching for solid ice as scientists freeze in to study a warming arctic November 5, 2019 4:00 AMBy Ravenna Koenig A ship of researchers is crossing the Arctic for a year attached to an ice floe. But finding the right chunk of sea ice was a challenge, in part because warmer temperatures are making it thinner.
Play4min 12secShipping Minnesota water to sate a thirsty world: Could it happen? November 5, 2019 4:00 AMBy Kirsti MarohnLast week came the surprising news that a Dakota County company wants to pump water from below the ground and transport it by rail to the western United States. Environmental groups quickly opposed the idea. The Minnesota DNR said the plan won't likely meet state law. But could a plan like this ever become reality?
Residents of an eroded Alaskan village are pioneering a new one, in phasesNovember 2, 2019 10:00 AMBy Greg Kim As climate change eroded the village of Newtok, its residents started making plans to move it. Many years and millions of dollars later, they are beginning the process of relocating across the river.
Play50min 45secClimate One series: 'Scorched Earth'October 30, 2019 12:00 AMBy MPR News StaffA new program from the Commonwealth Club of California's "Climate One" series about the climate impact of fires and deforestation.
Play4min 34secPeregrine falcons outlive the power plants that once saved themOctober 29, 2019 4:41 AMBy Elizabeth DunbarNesting boxes on power plants and skyscrapers have helped bring peregrine falcons back to Minnesota. But some of these urban homes are now coming down as part of a transition toward cleaner energy sources.
Play4min 09secWhat indigenous communities can teach about climate change solutionsOctober 24, 2019 6:32 PMBy Paul Huttner and Megan BurksClimate change often impacts disenfranchised communities more directly, and that includes indigenous communities. But these communities can also teach us a lot about how to move forward.
Play4min 49secYour grocery list might be pressuring big food companies to take sustainability mainstreamOctober 23, 2019 5:00 PMBy Tom Crann, Megan Burks, and Nick Scheffler A Chicago data firm is tracking what goes through the checkout lines at upscale markets including Kowalski’s and Lunds & Byerlys. That data is pushing more and more food companies toward sustainable products.
Play4min 16secIn Monticello, a city at the center of the nuclear energy debateOctober 18, 2019 4:09 AMBy Kirsti MarohnThe central Minnesota plant’s license is set to expire in 2030 — and Xcel Energy wants to keep it operating until at least 2040, as part of the utility’s promise to pivot away from coal over the next few decades.