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From the column: "What might this year bring? What does the warming of Superior mean for the natural systems of a lake that is famously clean, clear, and cold? ... Good questions."
Six swimmers completed a 48-mile, 24-hour relay in Lake Superior, from Split Rock Lighthouse to Duluth, without wetsuits — to set a record and to raise awareness of the impacts of climate change on one of the world’s largest lakes.
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Anyone who shudders at the thought of precious-mineral mining of any kind near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness should be quick to grasp the power of carbon pricing as the only thing that might save it.
A Duluth nonprofit and Two Harbors climate activist were two of the five Minnesota Climate Adaptation Awards recognized for their work on Monday.