In the latest episode of the Sound of Ideas from Ideastream Public Media, leading experts across the state, including Aaron Wilson, Ohio's State Climatologist and Ag Weather and Climate Field Specialist at The Ohio State University, share their insights and discuss Ohio's current environmental changes.

The conversation explores what the shifting allergy season means for Ohioans and then moves focus to another climate‑driven concern: growing seasons. An increasing number of warm spring days is causing many plant species to bloom earlier, and more severe storms and droughts are already influencing farmers' decisions on when and how to sow their crops and gardeners' planting of their favorite herbs and vegetables.