Social and Cultural Perspectives of Climate Change

This section explores various perspectives on climate change and the potential impacts on people and society.

Wisconsin

• Wisconsin State Journal
• Madison.com
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinal
• Milwaukee Hmong radio station
• Wisconsin Outdoor News

  You may also Google ?Wisconsin Newspapers? to find a listing of all newspapers in the state.
  

  National
  

• Chicago Tribune
• New York Times
• Washington Post
• LA Times
• Wall Street Journal

  International
  

• Newseum, today's front pages
• The Financial Times

Revolving Conversation (also known as a Samoan Circle)

• Description of the Samoan Circle
  
  Options for Other Collaborative Discussion Techniques
• The World Cafe is an innovative yet simple methodology for hosting conversations about questions that matter.
• Instructions and Handout for Conducting a World Cafe
• Instructions and Handout for Conducting Interviews
  
  Cranberries
• Wis. Cranberry Growers Assn.
• Cranberries are Headed North, Christian Science Monitor
  
  Gardening
• Feeling Warmth, Subtropical Plants Move North, New York Times
  
  Sugar maples
• U.S. EPA document on the shift of sugar maple habitat (PDF)
• National Public Radio story on climate inpacts to sugar maples
• Agricultural Report (PDF) - maple syrup production in New England
  
  Insurance
• Scientific American report on insurance claims related to weather
• National Public Radio story on insurers calculating climatic risks
• Radio show about climate change and the insurance industry
• A Science Daily article about the insurance industry and climate change
  
  Forestry
• Hungry insects leave clues to impacts of climate change, University of Wisconsin
• Report on Wisconsin's paper industry (PDF)
• Forests and the Climate, Swedish Forest Industry Report
• Recognizing Forests' Role in Climate Change, Union of Concerned Scientists
  
  Water levels
• Washington Post article on Great Lakes water levels
• Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel article on Lake Michigan lake levels
  
  Environment
• The Potential Impacts of Global Warming on the Great Lakes Region
• US EPA Greenhouse Gas Inventory
  
  Great Lakes region, general
• Climate Change Impacts in the Great Lakes Region, Michigan Sea Grant
• Impacts of Midwest Warming (PDF), National Park Service
  
  Ice and Snow
• Michigan news story on later freezes and earlier thaws
  
  Tourism
• Climate Change in Wisconsin, Union of Concerned Scientists
  
  Cheesemaking
• National Public Radio story on cheese making and weather changes
  
  Wildlife
• U.S. EPA cards on wildlife vulnerability to climate change (PDF)
• Effect of Climate Change on Migratory Birds, Smithsonian
  
  Honey Bees
• NASA, story on bees and climate change
• Einstein on Bees, blog post
  
  Coral Reefs
• Coral Reefs and Climate Change from the Encyclopedia of Earth
  
  Climate Change Action
• National Park Service efforts to reduce greenhouse gases from parks
  
  Recycling
• Univ. of Michigan page on how recycling helps climate change
  
  Fishing
• Climate Change and the Great Lakes, U.S Global Change Research Program site
• Climate Change and Commercial Fishing
• Climate Change Impacts: Lakes, Streams, and Fish, Union of Concerned Scientists
  
  Health
• Climate Change and Infectious Diseases, Canadian Medical Assn.
• The Connections Between Climate Change, Air Quality, and Respiratory Health, Lung Association

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