The planet warms while George and the Republicans fiddle

Forest changes linked to global warming
by Lorna Benson, Minnesota Public Radio
March 8, 2006

Trees in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness are changing so rapidly, scientists say that within 50 years the wilderness could look completely different. Cold-weather pine and birch species that are the hallmark of Minnesota's boreal forests are dwindling. In their place, hardwoods, more common to central Minnesota, are popping up. Changes are also taking place in central and southern Minnesota woods. Scientists think global warming is changing, perhaps forever, the state's forests.

For the whole article, see "Forest changes linked to global warming". For more on climate change in Minnesota, see:

• "Minnesota Climate Change Information" from ME3.
• "The Crossroads of Climate Change" from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
• "Minnesota's Climate Change" from KARE-11 TV.
• "Global Warming and Climate Change in Minnesota" from the Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance
• "Climate Change and Minnesota" (PDF format) from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• "Global Warming and its Impact on Minnesota" from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
• "Climate Change in Minnesota" from the Union of Concerned Scientists
  

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