Chicago’s cottonwood problem: What’s up with the fluffy stuff?
Chicago’s cottonwood problem: What’s up with the fluffy stuff?

The Chicago area has been blanketed by dandelion-like fluff for the past week.

Reset learns more about what’s contributing to this mast seeding event and the role cottonwoods play in the ecosystem.

GUEST: Karen Weigert, director of Loyola University Chicago’s Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility

Jessica Turner-Skoff, science communication leader, Morton Arboretum

Jalene LaMontagne, professor of biological sciences, DePaul University

Chicago’s cottonwood problem: What’s up with the fluffy stuff?
Chicago’s cottonwood problem: What’s up with the fluffy stuff?

The Chicago area has been blanketed by dandelion-like fluff for the past week.

Reset learns more about what’s contributing to this mast seeding event and the role cottonwoods play in the ecosystem.

GUEST: Karen Weigert, director of Loyola University Chicago’s Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility

Jessica Turner-Skoff, science communication leader, Morton Arboretum

Jalene LaMontagne, professor of biological sciences, DePaul University