Climate change is a concern across the Commonwealth. While many communities prepare by discussing improvements to infrastructure and disaster preparedness, managed and natural landscapes will demand attention too. We will highlight some of the manifestations of climate change, plant responses to those changes (trees and shrubs) and the interplay with insects (including pests).

Learn how:

• Insect populations fluctuate in response to climate change.
• Climate change affects the functioning & composition of our forests.
• Urban heat islands and climate change increase urban tree stress & increase pest insect fitness (scale insects).
• To be better prepared to predict and manage insect pest outbreaks caused by warming temperatures.