% ON PBS WISCONSIN AND ON
% WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO.
% ALSO ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE
% STATE, TEMPERATURES OUTSIDE
% MIGHT BE FREEZING BUT FOR TWO
% WISCONSIN CITIES THE AVERAGE
% WINTER TEMPERATURE HAS INCREASED
% MORE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE
% UNITED STATES.
% NATHAN MORE.
% >> WILL WILL AND GREEN BAY HAVE
% SEEN AVERAGE WINTER TEMPERATURES
% INCREASE BY 6.1 DEGREES AND 5.7
% DEGREES SINCE 1970.
% THAT MAKES MILWAUKEE THE SECOND
% FASTEST WARMING CITY AND GREEN
% BAY THE FIFTH.
% PART OF THE CLIMBING TEMPERATURE
% COMES FROM LAKE MICHIGAN WHICH
% IS SEEING A DECLINE IN ICE
% COVERAGE OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS.
% HOWEVER, WISCONSIN'S COAST ISN'T
% THE ONLY AREA WITH QUICKLY
% RISING THERMOMETERS.
% THE NORTHWEST HAS SEEN WARMER
% WINTER DAYS THAN SOUTHERN
% WISCONSIN A TREND EXPECTED TO
% CONTINUE FOR DECADES.
% WITH RISING TEMPERATURES COMES
% CONCERNS.
% WINTER WAVES ARE MORE LIKELY TO
% CRASH TO SHORELINES SPEEDING UP
% EROSION AND DAMAGING
% INFRASTRUCTURE AND WARMER
% WEATHER WILL EVENTUALLY MEAN
% LESS SNOW HARMING WILDLIFE.
% WITHOUT DRASTIC CHANGE WISCONSIN
% WILL WARM UP TO 8 DEGREES THIS