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Diggin’ the St. Paul campus: UMN students judge dirt as pastime
The UMN Soil Judging Team is profiled in the Minnesota Daily.
Using nature's tools to clean water
Nutrients like nitrogen are vital for growing crops - but when it leaves the field and enters our waterways it can be a problem. Scientists are exploring ways to use nature's own tools - microbes - to remove excess nutrients from the water.
Managing manganese with microbes
Satoshi Ishii and collaborators bring back microbes from Japan for water treatment in Minnesota.
The global earthworm invasion
New research is changing the way the world thinks about earthworms. Dr. Kyungsoo Yoo and graduate student Adrian Wackett have documented the potential for an earthworm invasion to spread in the Fennoscandian arctic region, threatening the ecosystem.
Heat at the fair
Feeling warm at the State Fair? We're collecting data to see if the state fair creates its own urban heat island effect.
Finding a new use for incinerator ash
It just looks like a fine, light brown dust, but Land and Atmospheric Science student Persephone Ma sees the potential for something more.
Tall towers help us understand the atmosphere
Dr. Tim Griffis is using tall towers to measure what you can't see: the atmospheric gas nitrous oxide.
Fecal Transplants Can Be Life-Saving, but How?
Prof. Michael Sadowsky is featured in the New York Times.
New urban heat island study show surprising variation in air temperatures across Twin Cities
Results provide valuable insights into efforts to reduce heat-related harm in metro areas globally