Environment

Series: Extreme Precipitation And Wisconsin's Climate

Sawyer County Feels Effect of Floods: 'It Comes In Everywhere'

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While policy debated over climate change and efforts to mitigate flooding continue at the state and federal levels, local residents and officials in Hayward and Sawyer County impacted by washed-out roads and water in their basements are thinking about the next storm.

Series: Extreme Precipitation And Wisconsin's Climate

The Ongoing Issue Of Flooding In Northwest Wisconsin

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Rob Ferrett

Wisconsin Public Radio

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What are the challenges several northwest Wisconsin counties face from extreme precipitation? WisContext associate editor Will Cushman and former Northland College professor Randy Lehr discuss the growing costs flooding poses to public infrastructure.

Series: Extreme Precipitation And Wisconsin's Climate

Washed Away: Northwest Wisconsin Copes With The Costs Of A Changing Climate

Will Cushman

WisContext

Massive rainstorms hit northwest Wisconsin in 2012, 2016 and 2018, causing tens of millions of dollars in flood damage to public infrastructure. Local officials responsible for rebuilding hope they're able to make improvements to withstand more big storms when they come.

Series: Heat Stress

Series: Climate Science And Wisconsin

Where Wisconsin's Summers Are Heating Up Most

Will Cushman

WisContext

Complaints about living in the Midwest often hinge on its seasonal extremes as a top reason to steer clear of the region, and a July 2019 study highlights the health risks posed by dangerously high summer heat in Wisconsin and throughout the United States.

The Big Impact Tiny Creatures Have On The Great Lakes Food Chain

Andrew Blok

Great Lakes Echo

Big changes for tiny creatures have swept through the Great Lakes in the past two decades, with ramifications for the salmon and trout people love to chase.

Series: Drinking Water Quality

How Wisconsin Grapples With PFAS Contamination

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Marisa Wojcik

PBS Wisconsin

Zac Schultz

PBS Wisconsin

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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals, better known as PFAS, can contaminate groundwater and pose health risks to people. Multiple Wisconsin municipalities are considering how to deal with PFAS, and Wisconsin DNR Sec.-Designee Preston Cole discusses the state's response to the issue.

Series: Renewable Energy In Wisconsin

What Are The Potential Impacts Of The Proposed Cardinal-Hickory Creek Power Line?

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Will Kenneally

PBS Wisconsin

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As the Wisconsin Public Service Commission considers the proposed high-voltage Cardinal-Hickory Creek transmission line, residents of the corridor stretching from Dubuque, Iowa to Middleton voice concerns about its necessity and potential impacts.

Series: Heat Stress

Series: Extreme Precipitation And Wisconsin's Climate

Series: Climate Science And Wisconsin

Projecting The Future Prospects Of Dangerous Hot Weather In Wisconsin

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Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

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As Wisconsin sweats in the midst of a July heatwave, a report shows that global warming could lead to a jump in dangerous high summer temperatures in the state. UW Nelson Institute for Climatic Research researcher Michael Notaro discusses the study and what it means.

Series: Climate Science And Wisconsin

Gaining A Satellite's-Eye View Of Where Food Is Grown

Will Cushman

WisContext

Tracking global croplands and how they are changing is a massive, pressing and complex undertaking made possible by advances in remote sensing and computing.

Series: Climate Science And Wisconsin

Noon Wednesday: Climate Change Impacting Mercury Levels

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Marisa Wojcik

PBS Wisconsin

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Research by the UW-Madison Center for Limnology collecting 30 years of data points to long-term impacts of climate change on mercury levels in lakes and fish in Wisconsin. WPR reporter Sarah Whites-Kodischek describes how scientists came across these findings.