The vice president turned environmental activist says severe storms linked to climate changes are causing wastewater plants to dump sewage in the lakes, which causes algae growth.
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The country star helped raise $250,000 with a charity concert last year.
Sano has been at Class A Fort Myers for the last month.
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He was managing partner at a real estate firm and a part-time dentist.
The Republican congressman was highly critical of the president's press conference.
Officials decided to euthanize the bear after tranquilizing it.
Get outside Tuesday and Wednesday because Thursday will be wet.
The city helped Jaequan Faulkner get the required hygiene permits.
Police say the man on the bicycle went through a red light.
They have all been charged with burglary and damage to property.
Let's face it, they all should be from Minnesota.
People were wondering why he came in to pitch the fifth inning on Sunday.
A meteorologist with the NOAA says the warmth was a "freak event" caused by warm air blowing north from the Gulf of Mexico. But some outside scientists say climate change is indeed behind weather extremes like the March heatwave and that we should expect more.
The Minnesota weatherman says he's a staunch Republican, a conservative and a Christian -- with a message some of his Republican friends don't want to hear: "Climate change is real."
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency signed off on a plan to dump more than 13 tons of taconite concentrate into Rush Lake. The lake association wants to reduce the level of phosphorus, which leads to growth of algae and invasive pondweed. It hopes the taconite experiment will do the trick. Audubon Minnesota had argued for an environmental review.
Back in the day, I told people to look at the data trends – not out the window – for evidence of global warming. But that's changing. As an editorial in this month's New Scientist magazine suggests, "From killer heatwaves to destructive floods, the effects of global warming are becoming ever more obvious – and we ain't seen nothing yet."
U.S. Representative Chip Cravaack argued the $10 million National Science Foundation program duplicates other government efforts. The National Wildlife Foundation charges Cravaack with trying to keep children in the dark when it comes to climate change.
"Climate change is real," Minneapolis says.
Researchers from the University of Minnesota are studying a cold-hardy bug that serves as a filling meal for trout during the winter season. The insect has little tolerance for warmth, and scientists tell the Star Tribune that even a small fluctuation in temperature could cause changes in the ecosystem.