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Shaymus McLaughlin

Minden, Minnesota
As seen in: Aol, The Minnesota Star Tribune, Audubon, MinnPost, Bring Me The News, The DePaulia, Minnesota Monthly
Covers:  Currently: Outdoors, the environment, nature, hobbies. Previous: Anything and everything.
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Winter is warming. What will it mean for this overlooked microhabitat under the snow?

Winter is warming. What will it mean for this overlooked microhabitat under the snow?

Insects, animals and other life are often active beneath snowpack, and depend on a microhabitat called the su…

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Minnesotan's distaste for waste sparks creation of a compostable board game

Minnesotan's distaste for waste sparks creation of a compostable board game

Every element of 'Earthborne Rangers' is fully recyclable, backyard compostable, or both.

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Winter is warming. What will it mean for this overlooked microhabitat under the snow?

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By Shaymus McLaughlin
| Bring Me The News Verified
Nobody would blame you for not being familiar with the subnivium. This winter-time microhabitat exists almost entirely out of sight, as a narrow gap of air (often paper-thin) that forms between the warm ground and the bottom of the insulating snowpack. It stays around 32 degrees fahrenheit in there, even when the temps above drop to bone-chillingly cold. The perfect conditions for a host of life.
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Winter is warming. What will it mean for this overlooked microhabitat under the snow?

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By Shaymus McLaughlin
| Aol Verified
Nobody would blame you for not being familiar with the subnivium. This winter-time microhabitat exists almost entirely out of sight, as a narrow gap of air (often paper-thin) that forms between the warm ground and the bottom of the insulating snowpack. It stays around 32 degrees fahrenheit in there, even when the temps above drop to bone-chillingly cold. The perfect conditions for a host of life.
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'Groundbreaking' Minnesota research project could illuminate mysterious northern hawk owl

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By Shaymus McLaughlin
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Each owl is with Hannah Toutonghi no more than an hour. Sixty minutes, less if the grad student can help it, during which Toutonghi collects a series of measurements and samples from the raptor, yellow eyes wide and unblinking as it’s gently handled.
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