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Cities prepare for warm climate without saying so
by John Flesher - September 9, 2014 - 5:05am
With climate change still a political minefield across the nation despite the strong scientific consensus that it's happening, some community leaders have hit upon a way of preparing for the potentially severe local...
Deep freeze has silver linings for natural world
by John Flesher - January 11, 2014 - 5:13am
From a field station in northern Wisconsin, where the previous night's low was a numbing 29 degrees below zero, climate scientist John Lenters studied computer images of ice floes on Lake Superior with delight....
Scientists say wet weather boosts Great Lakes water levels, but long-term slump hasn't ended
by John Flesher - November 22, 2013 - 2:06am
Abundant rain and snowfall have given the Great Lakes a boost this year, but it's too early to declare an end to slumping water levels that have plagued the inland seas since the late 1990s and made life miserable...
Program designed to help prepare for droughts
by John Flesher - November 16, 2013 - 2:24am
Federal agencies will provide better and more accessible information about matters such as long-term weather prospects and soil moisture levels under a program designed to help communities prepare for future droughts...
Expedition hopes to find La Salle's long lost ship
by John Flesher - June 15, 2013 - 4:28am
As a teenager, Steve Libert was mesmerized by a teacher's stories of the brash 17th Century French explorer La Salle, who journeyed across the Great Lakes and down the Mississippi in a quest for a trade route to...
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