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A Shifting Wisconsin: Local Extinctions, Migrations, And Culture In The Face Of Climate Change
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:04:23
Publish Date: 2020-04-09 09:56:21
Description: By the middle of the century, the climate, the waters, and the species of northern Wisconsin could look like today’s southern Wisconsin. That’s according to projections presented at a scientific conference last week. In turn, climate change could force southern Wisconsin to look like states including Kansas and Virginia. The shifts are just a few of the many disruptions we’re facing as the Earth gets warmer and wetter, shifts that were detailed at the Wisconsin Waters 2020 convention. The convention was supposed to fill a conference center in Stevens Point, with dozens of speakers engaging on every topic related to lakes and rivers. Instead, the organization pulled off a massive pivot due to COVID-19 last week, moving the entire convention to online presentations, attended virtually by hundreds of people across the state. “There’s that old adage for nervous speakers. I’m often one of those. They tell you to imagine your audience in their underwear. That might actually be the case for
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