id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt news-000929 Research into oaks helps us understand climate change | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame .html text/html 945 34 49 University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Research into oaks helps us understand climate change Research into oaks helps us understand climate change Published: July 23, 2012 Author: Gene Stowe Research into the evolution of oak trees in North America will help us understand how the trees adapted to changes in climate. Identification of the genetic changes in the relatively small number of live oak species in the southeastern United States and Mexico can provide clues for study of the more extensive deciduous red and white oaks, which reach from the Caribbean into California to the west and up into Canada from the east. cache/news-000929.html txt/news-000929.txt