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 is the result of more than six months of reporting by MPR News. It's an effort to explore the reality of climate change in Minnesota and how people are adapting to it. It included an examination of voluminous data and interviews with scores of scientists, state and local officials, farmers, foresters, health experts, weather observers, policy makers and residents.

We launched our reporting efforts by convening informal panels and interviewing scientists and others to guide our initial work.

, University of Minnesota Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, professor and extension engineer.

, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, climate adaptation coordinator.

, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, science policy coordinator.

, University of Minnesota Department Soil, Water and Climate and Department of Forest Resources, associate professor.

, University of Minnesota Department of Soil, Water and Climate, professor.

, University of St. Thomas, School of Engineering, professor.

, Minnesota Department of Health, climate and health program director.

, University of Minnesota Department of Economics, founding director of the Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute.

, University of Minnesota, professor of law.

, Insurance Federation of Minnesota, president.

, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, state climatologist.

, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, assistant state climatologist.

, University of Minnesota Department of Forest Resources, research associate and director of the Center for Forest Resources.
 

 Minnesota is failing to meet the goals it set for itself in 2007 to reduce carbon emissions. 

  A 2013 collaboration among state agencies and educational institutions on climate trends in the state.

Minnesota Climate Change Advisory Group Final Report April 2008.

 First state recommendations for dealing with greenhouse gases, a report to the Legislature commissioned by Gov. Tim Pawlenty.

Minnesota Climate and Health Profile Report 2015.

 A Minnesota Department of Health assessment of climate change impacts and potential
health burdens. 

Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment October 2014.

 Minnesota Department of Health assessment of which populations are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

Climate Change Indicators in the United States, 2014.

 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's latest summary of climate change indicators and impacts.

A continuing report on climate change in the United States, compiled by the U.S. Global Change Research Program's panel of hundreds of scientists. 

 June 2014 assessment of the economic risks of climate change in the United States. 

 January 2015 assessment of economic risks in the Midwest by the Risky Business Project.

 A June 2012 report by Climate Central on state by state temperature trends. 

 Georgetown Climate Center summarty of government plans for climate change adaptation.

 Resources and information for addressing climate change, produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

CoolClimate Carbon Footprint tools for households, businesses, communities.

 CoolClimate Network at University of California Berkeley.

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How MPR News created this climate change series, and where to go to learn more.

Climate Change in Minnesota: About the project

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