Thinking about the changes in Minnesota’s climate, what concerns you the most?

Loss of seasons, loss of wintertime sports, loss of lakes / lake quality, loss of coniferous forests, loss of normal weather

Let it run its course

Lake levels, high AC costs, wet land drying (all great losses)

Emissions, coal mining, also large corporations’ use of different chemicals and disposing of that

I am most concerned about the effect on our food supply

Impact to food and water supply in the near future and long term effects

The increase of Lyme disease and West Nile virus

We may lose some species of trees. Very sad!

Flooding, ticks and other pests

Address quality of water and reduction of industrialized farming practices

Warmer winters in one of the coldest in the country

Diseases from insects

The increase in heavy rainfalls, which would impact our sewer systems & cause soil erosion

The natural resources MN depends on (farming mainly) will be greatly affected

Heavy rainfalls, change in plantings / forestry patterns

Colder summers, abnormal weather (straight line wind, tornadoes), high tornadoes count than any other state, polluted water

Flooding – crops; children’s sports – hotter weather

That the storms are worse, the loss of normal weather, the hardships of farming

Severe storms, damage caused by them

With how locals have “gotten used to” extreme weather, specifically snowfall, it worries me how easily we all might view it and just pass it off as just being another part of living here, rather than something that critically needs to be addressed

Minnesota has been around for a century and science is comparing data. Science is not my enemy but they disregard their own studies. So sad :(

I’m concerned about loss of species in the plant and animal communities and how that will affect our daily lives, tourism, agriculture, and our health!

Temperature changes. And generally I am worried about the complexity of the issue.

Definitely the hotter summers because it’s very evident of climate change. Also, water quality.

Nothing really. Either we’ll adapt or we won’t.