Trump's announcement with Mesabi Metallics comes as Americans' souring views of the economy are poised to shape the upcoming midterm election.

U.S. and Canadian experts are urging government agencies to take swift action to address the threats posed by more frequent harmful algal blooms on Lake Superior.

COLERAINE — A new federal research project at the University of Minnesota's Natural Resources Research Institute will bring new pilot-scale equipment and additional research positions to its Coleraine...

Blooms of potentially toxic blue-green algae in the waters of Lake Superior have led to a call for action to counter threats to human health and the regional economy.

Rusty crayfish have invaded more than 300 northern Minnesota lakes. Can Midwestern appetites help manage a destructive invasive species?

Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world, but atypical algae blooms have been appearing that scientists once thought were not possible due to the lake's colder waters.

Experts say the blue-green algae is an early warning sign that the health of Lake Superior could be declining.

A national-level study in the AGU journal Earth’s Future reveals that coastal wetlands — among the country’s most valuable ecosystems, protecting infrastructure and providing homes for wildlife — are ...

As fires become more prevalent, scientists are just beginning to study their impact on the state’s aquatic ecosystems.

The facility equips Minnesota to lead the evolution of domestic industrial manufacturing.

Actually, it's green!

A massive, game-changing natural resource discovery is unfolding right in America's backyard.

Two Minnesota tribes recently announced big solar array projects aimed to help them establish energy independence.

Clay is widely used as a treatment method in other countries, but it hasn’t gotten much attention in the U.S. Researchers from the University of Minnesota and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are prop...

An iron ore industry research project that would have long-term benefits for the Iron Range is among highlights at a mining conference this week in Duluth.

Three warehouses in Hibbing store core from over 20,000 holes drilled throughout Minnesota, keeping a "natural record" of the state's geology — but the DNR is running out of room.

Even when it's freezing and covered in snow, Minnesota's Sax-Zim Bog attracts birders from around the world. They flock there hoping to spot owls, hawks and rare songbirds that spend most of their tim...

As winter progresses, cervids such as moose and deer begin shedding their antlers, a natural, seasonal process triggered by internal biological changes. It’s driven primarily by a post-rut drop in tes...

MINNEAPOLIS - Year to year, birders document what they see perching or passing through northeast Min...

Meat-based diet can help with ecosystem health

Research shows that carnivores play an important role in ecosystem function by providing a largely overlooked mechanism for long-distance dispersal of beneficial mycorrhizal fungi.

As a native Iron Ranger and longtime iron ore and steel industry executive, Larry Lehtinen has spearheaded a number of iron-related projects on the Iron Range and beyond.

YouTube video by NERRS Science Collaborative

"As climate change expands the range and population of pests, birds become even more important — but their population is in decline," Aaron Brown writes.

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Operations left behind uniquely colored beaches in Minnesota’s Silver Bay and Michigan’s Gay. But the materials are different.

Meteorologist Lea Zmurko reports on how wildfire smoke is impacting water quality, increasing nutrient levels, and endangering fish populations in MN.

Trees and other biomass — which absorb CO2 — can be processed at the end of their life span into an engineered biocarbon for steelmaking.