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Great Lakes scientists discover new lifeform microbe, name it ShipGoo1

Researchers at the University of Minnesota Duluth found the previously-undiscovered microorganisms hiding in the tar-like goo oozing out of a research vessel’s rudder shaft.

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Waves of Change: Meet Ojibwe leader, activist and water walker Sharon Day

Sharon Day is enrolled in the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe and lives in Minnesota, where she is the executive director of the Indigenous Peoples Task Force and leads several water walks each year.