The Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center is helping build the next generation of natural resource professionals by offering undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers hands-on experience in research production and community engagement. 

As our climate changes, woodland stewards will need to employ climate-adaptation management strategies in order to keep their forests healthy. To meet this need, the University of Minnesota Extension has new lists of recommended tree and plant species that can help forests remain healthy and productive.

Snow processes play a key role in the hydrology and ecology of cold regions. Climate change is likely to change the magnitude, timing, and spatial patterns of snowpacks. This is especially true in the Great Lakes Basin, where decreases in snowpack, intensified snowmelt, and more frequent rain-on-snow events are causing changes in streamflow and stream temperature in ecologically important rivers.