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University of Minnesota extension warns of warmer, wetter future; St. Louis County planning resilience work
Summary
An extension educator presented local climate trends to the St. Louis County Board, citing warmer averages, changing precipitation patterns, air‑quality risks from fire smoke, and a county‑led regional resilience planning grant. Commissioners discussed grid reliability and infrastructure implications.
Seth Spencer, an extension educator with the University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership, told the St. Louis County Board on Oct. 7 that the county is already experiencing measurable warming and changing precipitation that will affect infrastructure, public health and recreation.
Spencer described long‑term trends and local impacts: warmer average temperatures, a shift from snow to rain in winter months in some areas, more intense precipitation events that increase flash‑flood risk, and recurring air‑quality problems from regional wildfires and smoke. “We are definitely getting wetter. We are getting more rain and when we’re having rain events, more rain has dropped,” Spencer said.
Spencer reviewed…
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