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    January 14, 2019
    An aerial view of the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf, in Antarctica, in 2017. Scientists are racing to understand what is happening to the ice shelf as the planet warms around it. They are also trying to measure the role of human-caused climate change in weakening other parts of the West Antarctic ice sheet, and to fathom how damaging warming seas and changing wind patterns might ultimately prove to be. (Jonathan Corum/The New York Times)
    Ice loss from Antarctica has increased sixfold since the 1970s, research finds
    Antarctic glaciers have been melting at an accelerating pace over the past four decades due to an influx of warm ocean water - a startling new...
    news/science-and-natureJanuary 14, 2019 - 3:40pm
    Bob, a triceratops that was displayed for a time at the Barnes County Historical Society in Valley City, was discovered in the far southwestern corner of North Dakota in 2003. It took more than a decade to free the skeleton from the rock in which it was embedded. Submitted photo
    Bob the dinosaur, spared from becoming a waiting room spectacle, is back on the market for a home
    VALLEY CITY, N.D. — As triceratops go, Bob was a big one and he garnered lots of attention during the year and a half he was displayed at the...
    news/science-and-natureJanuary 14, 2019 - 7:00am
    January 11, 2019
    Erica Dischino/Tribune Volunteers move ice blocks through the water to the ice harvesting machine Friday on Green Lake in Spicer. play button
    Ice harvesting begins for Spicer Castle
    SPICER — Blocks of ice from Green Lake were cut Friday for the ice castle for Spicer Winterfest. Members of Wee Kut Ice Co. and volunteers...
    news/science-and-natureJanuary 11, 2019 - 10:25pm
    January 4, 2019
    Commission seeks project proposals for $53M from Minnesota's Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund
    ST. PAUL — The Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources issued its 2020 request for proposals for funding from Minnesota’s Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund. Approximately $53 million is available for projects that will provide multiple ecological and other...
    news/science-and-natureJanuary 4, 2019 - 2:32pm
    Traffic moves through downtown Anchorage, Alaska. Bloomberg photo by David Ryder
    After destructive November quake, Anchorage still faces onslaught of aftershocks
    On Friday, November 30, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Anchorage, Alaska. The initial jarring was destructive - and now, more than a month...
    news/science-and-natureJanuary 4, 2019 - 11:57am
    January 3, 2019
    The first image of the moon's far side taken by China's Chang'e-4 probe. Photo courtesy of China National Space Administration
    China lands spacecraft on the far side of the moon - a historic first
    In a first for the world, China has successfully landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon, the China National Space Administration said...
    news/science-and-natureJanuary 3, 2019 - 1:27pm
    January 2, 2019
    NASA's New Horizons spacecraft just visited the farthest object ever explored
    As Earthlings marked the start of a new year, one of the most distant spacecraft successfully explored the farthest - 4 billion miles from Earth...
    news/science-and-natureJanuary 2, 2019 - 10:50am
    December 31, 2018
    Tribune file photo A heavy coat of zebra mussels covers boat lifts removed from Green Lake in Spicer back in 2015. The invasive species was first confirmed in Green Lake in 2014.
    Education will be focus of 2019 AIS efforts in Kandiyohi County
    WILLMAR — Public education will be a key focus next summer in Kandiyohi County's ongoing battle against the spread of aquatic invasive...
    news/science-and-natureDecember 31, 2018 - 6:28am
    December 21, 2018
    Tom Eastman commutes back and forth to his job at University of North Dakota Facilities on a bike, year-round. He's made the four-mile commute for the past nine years and does it to reduce his carbon footprint. Eric Hylden / Forum News Service
    Everyday choices can affect carbon emissions
    GRAND FORKS — Almost every workday — no matter the weather — Tom Eastman suits up to ride his bicycle nearly four miles to his job at the...
    news/science-and-natureDecember 21, 2018 - 2:46pm
    December 20, 2018
    Erica Dischino / Tribune People try to remove an ice house that fell through the ice Thursday on Foot Lake in Willmar.
    Willmar area warm spell leads to risky ice conditions
    WILLMAR — Authorities are urging people to exercise caution on area lakes after a burst of warm weather this week led to risky ice conditions....
    news/science-and-natureDecember 20, 2018 - 9:05pm
    December 16, 2018
    National Weather Service Graphic
    Impacts of climate change felt in region, but uncertainty lingers on the causes
    GRAND FORKS — North Dakota and Minnesota, along with other parts of the U.S., have reported more extreme weather in recent years, including...
    news/science-and-natureDecember 16, 2018 - 6:30am
    December 15, 2018
    Tribune file photo The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is urging people to stay off the ice of Marsh Lake this winter as work on a new water control structure will cause water levels to fluctuate. This Tribune file photo shows work at the site in May.
    Corps urges staying off Marsh Lake ice
    APPLETON —The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is asking anglers to stay off the ice of Marsh Lake as it begins the next...
    news/science-and-natureDecember 15, 2018 - 1:33pm
    December 12, 2018
    Photo courtesy Gene Stukel Volunteers will play the role of citizen scientists during the annual Willmar Area Christmas Bird Count on Saturday. Join at Calvary Lutheran Church at 7:30 a.m. An American eagle stands on the ice near open water.
    Willmar Area Christmas Bird Count is Saturday
    WILLMAR — Volunteers are welcome to join as citizens scientists for the annual Willmar Area Christmas Bird Count this Saturday. Anyone...
    news/science-and-natureDecember 12, 2018 - 11:26am
    December 7, 2018
    A juvenile Hawaiian monk seal was found with a spotted eel in its nose at French Frigate Shoals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands this past summer. NOAA Fisheries/Brittany Dolan.
    'Make better choices': Endangered Hawaiian monk seals keep getting eels stuck up their noses and scientists want them to stop
    A relaxed-looking juvenile Hawaiian monk seal lounges near a sandy white beach on some green foliage. Its eyes are half-closed and it has a serene...
    news/science-and-natureDecember 7, 2018 - 11:51am
    December 6, 2018
    Buckfast honey bees gather on a beehive in Merango, Ill., on Sept. 10, 2018. Bloomberg photo by Daniel Acker.
    World's first honey bee vaccine seeks to save dying pollinators
    A growing number of honey bees die each year due to pesticides, vanishing habitats, poor nutrition and climate change, with potentially disastrous...
    news/science-and-natureDecember 6, 2018 - 9:46am
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