How climate change is affecting Minnesota’s trees

As our climate continues to change, scientists in St. Paul, Minnesota, are taking a closer look at how it’s impacting our trees.

The trees here at Crosby Farm Regional Park along the Mississippi River are doing more than just swaying in the breeze. They’re helping scientists better undestand climate change.

“If we think about floodplains, they’re really stressful environments,” said Scientific Site Lead Marcella Windmuller-Campione. “Everything that lives there has to both be able to survive like flooding conditions … and maybe also surviving under drought conditions in the same year.”…

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