Environment
LSProject: Changing Climate, Changing Forest - Part II
, -There are a lot of ways climate change stands to affect Lake Superior. There's the reduction in ice cover, rising lake temperatures, the increase in storminess and declining water levels.
Dr. Seth Moore: No fall wolf hunt at Grand Portage
-Dr. Seth Moore is Director of Biology and Environment with the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
Out There: Oliver
-Out There is a monthly segment from WTIP volunteer and commentator Shelby Gonzalez.
Northern Sky: Regulus, Antaries & the October moon
-Deane Morrison is a science writer at the University of Minnesota, where she authors the Minnesota Starwatch column.In this first part of October, you can check out a waning crescent moon west of Regu
Wildersmith October 5
-Wow, the sights, sounds and scents of fall on the Gunflint have peaked like none such in recent memory.
Points North: The Brook Trout’s Revenge
Shawn Perich-They say you shouldn’t drink the water when traveling south of the border, because you might be afflicted with an unflattering ailment known as Montezuma’s Revenge.
Astronomer Bob King on spotting northern lights, Zodiacal light, comets, and more this fall
-Dave Seaton chatted Sept. 28 with Bob King, Duluth News-Tribune photographer, astronomer, and author of the Astro Bob blog. They covered everything from northern lights (fall's the best time to see them) to Mars Curiosity to getting enough sleep while working days and stargazing at night.
Scat-sniffing dogs help researchers study & protect wildlife
-Buck chatted Sept. 28 with Dr. Sam Wasser, director of the Center for Conservation Biology at the U of Washington, about an amazing group of dogs that assist in wildlife research by sniffing out scat for study.
Wildersmith September 28
-With activity slowing toward more quiet times along the Trail, it’s hard to believe that the month of our full “wild rice” moon has slipped so rapidly toward the western horizon.
Points North: Looking for Ducks and Finding Wolves
Shawn Perich-While thousands of Minnesota duck hunters sat in swamps last weekend, I went walking in the woods. Sitting in a blind beside a stool of decoys goes against my restless nature.