Survival of wild rice threatened by climate change, increased rainfall in northern Minnesota

Low water levels are critical for manoomin, a sacred crop for the Ojibwe people of the Great Lakes region. But climate change caused by the burning of fossil fuels is bringing more rain and flooding to Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, making harvests of wild rice less reliable. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio.

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