Adapting to Wisconsin's Changing Climate
Science and Collaboration
By Carolyn Rumery Betz; edited by Steve Pomplun
Disturbing Nature's Sense of TimeThe early bird gets the worm, and that bird is arriving earlier -- not by the clock but by the calendar. The American Robin, Wisconsin's state bird, arrives earlier in the spring -- 13-days earlier in 2010 than it did in 1990, according to scientists
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Leopold's LegacyOne of the greatest legacies that Aldo Leopold left Wisconsin were the meticulous phenological records that he kept, tracking plants and wildlife on his farm in Sauk County, a tradition still followed by the family.
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Coping with Extremes
Drought, heat waves, heavy rainfall and other extreme weather events are likely to become more common in Wisconsin's future, according to WICCI climate scientists. For example, they say southern Wisconsin will see
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