Are you cold hardy? How plants protect themselves from the winter chill

Trees can't migrate, grow winter fur, or dig themselves under the frost line. How do they survive winter's big freeze?

This week, Charlie Mitchell learns more about how plants respond to winter (and how they might react to climate change) from Al Kovaleski, a professor in the Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

In addition, we hear from Rockford Middle School and our beloved John Latimer.

Attributions

1. Sandhill Crane call by Jonathon Jongsma, XC111490. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/111490.
2. Rockford Middle School's phenology talkback, John Latimer's phenology report, and Al Kovaleski's interview originally aired on KAXE.
3. This episode was produced by Charlie Mitchell.

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