Experts Say Minnesota Is Already Facing Effects Of Climate Change

November 2, 2021

“You don’t have to look very far to see something in your life that you care about—whether that’s economic impacts; impacts to your community’s infrastructure; your ability to have clean, safe drinking water; your ability to go recreate in our forests or lovely lakes,” said Heidi Roop, an assistant professor of climate science at the University of Minnesota. “This iconic Minnesota is at risk from a changing climate and we’re already seeing those changes unfold before our eyes.”

Heidi Roop.

Heidi Roop, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Soil, Water and Climate; Extension specialist; and Midwest Climate Adaptation Partnership director, is interviewed.