State climatologist says climate change could benefit Michigan ag

WKAR Public Media | By Kirk Heinze

Published July 31, 2015 at 12:21 PM EDT

"Greening of the Great Lakes" host Kirk Heinze talks with state Climatologist Jeff Andresen at the Michigan Sustainability Conference.

Time now for another of Current State’s Greening of the Great Lakes reports from AM 870’s MSU Today. "Greening of the Great Lakes" is an occasional feature on Current State and is hosted by Dr. Kirk Heinze. He attended this year’s Michigan Sustainability Conference at MSU’s Kellogg Center.

Heinze speaks with Michigan Climatologist and MSU faculty member Jeff Andresen about some the big ideas he’s tackled at this year’s conference.

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