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2022 Features

Lengthy stories published last year

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State climatologist retiring after a long career tracking Missouri weather

Dec 26, 2022

Pat Guinan is retiring from the University of Missouri after 34 years. He has served as state climatologist since 2005.

Blood-sucking bugs: Tick populations on the rise in Missouri

Jul 26, 2022

Gulf Coast ticks have been spotted in Missouri, which is farther north than their traditional habitat.

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Bugging out: MU professor travels world to study insects

Jul 7, 2022

MU entomologist Robert Sites discovers new bugs for a living.

How microplastics are threatening water and land across Missouri

Jun 20, 2022

Pollution from tiny pieces of plastic bags, drink bottles and other waste is urgently harming the global environment.

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