Think globally – act locally! I got a chance to do just that recently when I read in the local newspaper, The Dodgeville Chronicle, about an upcoming 4-part series of evening presentations called “Floods, Droughts, Land and Energy: What Is Wisconsin’s Future.” We now live about 11 miles from Dodgeville, […]
After a few frosty days and our first meaningful snow, seems like a good time to think about global warming.. Working with information from Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change (WICCI) , I’ve published a couple of articles (check them out here and here) this past year on what we can […]
When we see the video of polar bears pacing on a shrinking ice flow, we feel both empathy for the poor brutes and relief that the warming poles and their grisly realities are a long way from us. I have been guilty of the smug feeling that, here in Wisconsin, […]
If you live in Wisconsin, you can expect to be 4-9 degrees Fahrenheit warmer by 2050. We know this because Wisconsin is home to an amazing organization – Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI). This power-packed nexus of know-how from the University of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Department of Natural […]
Digging in the Driftless 