water research

NRRI scientist publishes new book for Great Lakes diatom algae identification which includes 28 new species.

DULUTH, Minn. – Biological changes in microscopic organisms on the bottom of the Great Lakes food chain send up a big red flag to scientists of possible changes to come. To better understand the trajectory of stressors on this vast freshwater resource, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency upped its funding for ongoing research by the Natural Resources Research Institute at the University of Minnesota Duluth.

The five year grant of $2.5 million will continue monitoring of freshwater algae – an effort underway for the past decade.  But the research will expand to gathering data in the near-shore areas of the Great Lakes and deploying robots to collect data year-round, including under the ice in winter.

DULUTH, Minn. – The Supplemental Budget approved by Governor Mark Dayton Wednesday included $2.6 million for the Natural Resources Research Institute at the University of Minnesota Duluth. The applied research organization requested $3.6 million to develop advanced technologies to improve the long-term viability of Minnesota's mining industry.