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Mark Seeley is a professor in the Department of Soil, Water, and Climate at the University of Minnesota, where he has worked since 1978. He has done weekly commentary for Minnesota Public Radio and written the weekly newsletter "Minnesota WeatherTalk" since 1992. His extension educational programs relate weather/climate impacts to Minnesota agriculture, transportation, energy, tourism, and natural resources. Seeley edited a successful series of children's books called the Amazing Science Series and recently authored a 200-year history of Minnesota weather called Minnesota Weather Almanac. He has been awarded the Sigma Xi Science Communication and Education Award, the Mn/DOT Research Partnership Award for his work with the deployment of living snow fences, and most recently the Extension Director's Award for Distinguished Faculty. The title of his presentation is "Climate Change in Minnesota: Evidence and Implications."