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Climate Proof Duluth

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The City of Duluth, looking south from the Lake Superior shoreline up the St. Louis River.
Chris Harwood

The impacts of climate change are now impossible to ignore. But are there places that are immune, or that climate change might even make nicer? Some experts say one of those places could be Duluth, Minnesota. But what's so special about this small Midwestern city, and is it, in fact, climate proof?

This piece was created in collaboration with NOVA by Tomas Soderberg at PBS North and Chris Harwood at The North 1033 with major funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

A video version of this story was created by PBS North and can be found here.

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Chris Harwood is The North 1033’s Production Director and (acting) Program Director, a morning/daytime host, and the host of Soul Village. He is also a musician, a music historian, an audio engineer, and an avid record collector.