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Wisconsin’s climate is changing before our eyes
Posted by Express Milwaukee: None Given on April 17th, 2013
Express Milwaukee: Milwaukeeans have been shivering and wet this past week, so it’s easy to believe that our soggy, cold April means that global warming or climate change isn’t a serious threat.
But unfortunately it is.
This past week’s heavy rains aren’t necessarily caused by global warming, but they do fit the long-term climate trends Wisconsin is experiencing.
“Weather is always going to be variable,” said Matt Howard, director of the city’s Office of Environmental Sustainability. “But when you’ve got an...