The Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts is committed to public outreach to enhance our understanding of climate change and develop adaptation strategies to build our state’s resilience.
This page, including Spanish translations for two of the articles, was funded in part by the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Our Experts in the News
March 29, 2023 | Wisconsin Public Radio
Less Ice on the Great Lakes
This winter’s average ice cover on the Great Lakes tied for the third-lowest on record, which could affect water quality and the food web.
January 11, 2023 | PBS Wisconsin
Winter Warming is Happening Faster
Milwaukee and Green Bay have experienced two of the five fastest warming winters in major cities across America over the past half-century.
September 28, 2022 | Wisconsin Public Radio
The Impacts of Major Rainfall
As heavy rains are becoming more common in Wisconsin, concerns include safety of roads during flood events and health impacts from sewage overflows.
August 17, 2022 | Wisconsin Public Radio
Rising Temperatures: Too Hot to Handle?
In the coming decades, the climate in the U.S. will heat up to potentially disastrous levels and while Wisconsin’s long winters will turn milder, summer temperatures will hit record highs.
May 31, 2022 | National Public Radio
Climate Impacts on Walleye
Climate change is threatening fish like walleye that thrive in cool waters across Wisconsin as rising temperatures warm inland lakes.
May 16, 2022 | The Washington Post
The Health Benefits of Cutting Fossil Fuel Use
Eliminating air pollution caused by burning fossil fuels would prevent more than 50,000 premature deaths and provide more than $600 billion in health benefits in the United States every year.
Working Groups in Action
A warmer and wetter climate has far-reaching effects on our built environment and landscape. Learn how our working groups are helping communities to better understand the impacts of climate change in Wisconsin and develop solutions to create a more climate-resilient landscape.
Great Lakes coastal communities and ecology at risk from warming climate
(Spanish translation available)
Flooding and bluff erosion from extreme storms are impacting Wisconsin’s Great Lakes coastlines
(Spanish translation available)
Presentations
These presentations, a sample of the most recent by WICCI participants, are a window into the work of WICCI’s members and affiliates.
Adapting our Infrastructure to Changing Rainfall – It’s complicated
UW-Madison, Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, Weston Roundtable (December, 2022)
Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts 2021 Assessment Report
Green Bay Conservation Partners Virtual Spring Roundtable (May 2022)
Wisconsin’s Changing Climate, Impacts, and Adaptation Strategies
Wisconsin Land + Water 69th Annual Conference (March 2022)
Webinar: Wisconsin’s Changing Climate: Impacts and Adaptation Strategies
1000 Friends of Wisconsin (March 2022)
Climate Trends in Wisconsin and Impacts on Agriculture
University of Wisconsin Extension (December 2021)
Adapting to a Changing Great Lakes Coast
Wednesday Nite @ the Lab (April 29, 2021)
The Effects of Earth’s Health on Human Health
Presentation by Jonathan Patz to the Spring 2020 Aquatic Academy (March 2020)