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Groton Daily Independent
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fumbles with the season-high ve turnovers leading to 17 points. Despite the loss, the Bison (8-1, 5-1) remain atop the Missouri Valley Conference.
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Northern Iowa rallies late to knock off South Dakota
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Marcus Weymiller scored on an 8-yard run with 3:02 left and Keelon Brookins sealed the victory with a 29-yard pick-6 as Northern Iowa rallied for a 34-29 upset win over South Dakota on Saturday.
South Dakota turned it over on three straight fourth-quarter possessions — two of which the Panthers (5-4, 4-2 Missouri Valley Conference) turned into touchdowns.
South Dakota led 23-13 after Brett Samson’s 11-yard TD run with 12:37 left in the third quarter. But Eli Dunne jump-started the comeback when he connected with Isaiah Weston for a 4-yard score to cut the Coyotes’ lead to 23-20 with 3:56 left in the third.
Chris Streveler hooked up with Dakarai Allen from 4 yards out with 11 seconds remaining to cap the scoring for the Coyotes (7-2, 4-2).
Dunne passed for 228 yards and two TDs and Weymiller nished with 69 yards on 24 carries. Streveler completed 34 of 51 passes for 401 yards and two scores, but he was also intercepted twice. The Panthers are 3-1 in their last four games — all against top-ten teams.
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Ocean acidi cation could threaten Alaska crab populations
KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — Alaska researchers warn that the changing levels of ocean acidity could have grave consequences for red king crab populations in the Bering Sea.
The acidity of waters off Alaska could change dramatically over the next 50 years, leading to possible crab stock failure in about 100 years, said Robert Foy, director of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s Kodiak Laboratory.
A change in pH, the scale of acidity, is occurring as more carbon dioxide is dissolved in the water, Alaska’s Energy Desk reported . Researchers expect ocean acidi cation to occur faster at locations in high latitudes like Alaska.
Through long-term experiments at the lab, Foy has been studying the effects of ocean acidi cation caused by climate change for about a decade. On tests with red king crabs, Foy said most of the crabs don’t make it past early life stages under water conditions similar to what researchers predict for Alaska.
“If the results in the laboratory are accurate, and there’s no acclimation, you would see stock failure about 100 years from now,” Foy said.
In more acidic water, crabs have a harder time to make and maintain their shells. While some of the crabs survived, indicating there could be the potential to acclimate and adapt, Foy said there might not be enough time for those survival traits to be passed on.
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White Mountain Apache ask for tweak to allow water project By ISAAC WINDES, Cronkite News
WASHINGTON (AP) — A White Mountain Apache leader told House members Thursday that the tribe desperately needs to “replace the failing and terminal groundwater well system,” but that current Interior Department regulations are preventing the tribe from moving forward on the project.
Tribe Vice Chairman Kasey Velasquez told a House Natural Resources subcommittee that Interior of cials