Roadkill to research. Biggest 2023 stories
The sprawling storm system that brought widespread rain to Minnesota the past few days has weakened and is sliding eastward. High temperatures on Wednesday will be in the 30s statewide. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.
Coming up on Morning Edition: If you are looking for a different kind of New Year's resolution for 2024, the Bell Museum of Natural History may have something for you. It's launching a new project to create a statewide network to salvage dead wildlife for scientific research. The goal is to create a large database that can help track ecosystem changes and monitor environmental health. Dan Gunderson brings us the story.
Coming up at 9 a.m.: The Star Tribune’s new publisher Steve Grove and startup investor Mary Grove are each other’s biggest fans and big believers in the potential of Minnesota. Listen back to Angela Davis’ conversation with the married couple as part of her Power Pair series. | |
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| From roadkill to research: Collect dead wildlife to help science
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Most of the animal specimens now in the collections of the Bell Museum and the Science Museum of Minnesota were collected around the Twin Cities. This project would expand the collection effort statewide and could help answer questions about how animals are responding to climate change
“Being able to integrate across all of Minnesota, different habitats, different degrees of urbanization, and a different latitudinal gradient can really shed light on species distributions,” said Sharon Jansa, the curator of mammals at the Bell Museum, and a University of Minnesota professor in ecology, evolution and behavior. | |
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| | Five of the biggest Minnesota news moments we’ll remember from 2023 |
What had Minnesotans talking in 2023, you ask? Well, we had a memorable year in politics, weather and celebrity appearances (aka Taylor Swift).
Perhaps the biggest news event of 2023 wrapped up this month with finalizing the grand design of the new Minnesota state flag. It had some haters, some lovers and some who didn’t really care but still weighed in on the discourse.
Here’s more on the biggest topics of the year. | |
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