![]() ![]() The wind is pushing whitecaps over the bow. We're on McDougal Lake in the Superior National Forest. PETER O'DOWD, BYLINE: It is a blustery spring day in Minnesota, and this tiny fishing boat is burdened with the weight of a few thousand baby trees and too many grown men. Peter O'Dowd went deep into the woods of Minnesota to report this story. And while some trees are dying as a result, others are adapting to a hotter climate. In Minnesota, for example, warmer temperatures, drought and disease have all been putting stress on native tree species there, like paper birch and red pine. It's warmer temperatures year-round that are changing life in all kinds of ways. But it's not just hotter summers that we should be worried about. Look no further than the extreme temperatures that have scorched parts of the U.S. All around the world, people and ecosystems are being challenged by a changing climate.
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