Climate Conversations

The Climate Accountability Act is proposing cutting Wisconsin’s greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.

Experts say Wisconsin is feeling the impacts of climate change. In fact, it’s all but certain that on Friday, March 8, 2024, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will announce that this winter is Wisconsin’s warmest on record.

WUWM has been reporting on efforts to bolster resilience and biodiversity in conjunction with NPR’s “Climate Solutions” series. We now turn to perspectives shared by members of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.

This week WUWM and NPR are focusing on solutions to climate change — an existential challenge facing life as we know it. Steve Vavrus shares his perspective as director of Wisconsin’s State Climatology Office.

A small cluster of people gathered inside the State Assembly Chambers Thursday for a press event put together by a couple of state legislators. They’re proposing a sweeping climate and jobs package, although it won’t be introduced until early 2023.

Each month, UWM distinguished professor of atmospheric science Paul Roebber talks with Lake Effect as part of our climate conversations series. In this…

Spring is in full swing, so many plants and trees are beginning to bloom. Research shows that blooming trends are being impacted by climate change.Mark…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released a new database earlier this month. It’s called Nature’s Archives, and NOAA says it’s…

Recently the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration reported that this January was the warmest on record for the globe. This information is part of a…

In the coming months, Lake Effect will be exploring the impact of climate change through a series of conversations with Paul Roebber, a distinguished…