Tag Archives: climate

A Season of Thin Ice Warnings

Posted on February 11, 2024 by Steve Glass

Time was when us folks in southern Wisconsin didn’t have to worry about thin ice or tornadoes in February. Now we do. Times have changed. The climate is unstable and we are in a season of literal and metaphorical thin ice … Continue reading →

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It’s Been Awhile . . .

Posted on December 1, 2023 by Steve Glass

. . . since my last post on August 4 of 2022 about the River Avon in England. And before that it was a post on December 31, 2021 on the Glenway Golf Course, now called The Glen. I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Reading the Landscape

Posted on December 8, 2018 by Steve Glass

  Reading The Landscape by Steve Glass   The advancing urban glacier is shaping our terrain. Pausing in the prairie of Shoveler’s Sink, at this spot on the Green Bay Lobe, I hear the clamor of its westward surges, driven … Continue reading →

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Fourth National Climate Assessment Is Packed With Info for Restorationists

Posted on December 6, 2018 by Steve Glass

The U.S. federal government’s Fourth National Climate Assessment speaks to the value of ecological restoration as an important adaptive strategy to help deal with current and anticipated future effects of global climate change. The federal government’s Fourth National Climate Assessment  … Continue reading →

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How Should Ecological Restoration Practitioners Incorporate Climate Change Predictions Into Work Plans?

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Steve Glass

  What are the future opportunities and challenges for restoration in the age of climate change? Indicators of a changing global climate include increases in the frequency and severity of extreme events such as precipitation, flooding, and drought, and a … Continue reading →

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