Dept. of Transportation: Risk of pavement buckling is high today and tomorrow
Rory Rhinesmith (cell) (608) 235-3016
Don Miller (cell) (608) 516-6738
With most of the state under an excessive heat warning until Friday night, the risk of pavement buckling will be high today and tomorrow, according to Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) officials.
During hot weather, pavement tends to expand. Where there are expansion joints, the slabs of pavement...
UW-Madison: Extreme heat raises climate change questions, concerns
Contact: Steve Vavrus, (608) 265-5279, sjvavrus@wisc.edu;
Tracey Holloway,(608) 262-5356, taholloway@wisc.edu:
Jonathan Patz, (608) 262-4775, patz@wisc.edu; Jack Williams, (608) 265-5537, jww@geography.wisc.edu
UW-Madison: Extreme heat raises climate change questions, concerns
MADISON - The recent heat wave baking much of the country has prompted many people to ask: Is this due to climate change?
"This is always the million-dollar question, but unfortunately, there's...
WisBusiness: Farmers worried drought conditions near
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
If UW Cooperative Extension agent David Laatsch knew any good rain dances, he’d be doing them now.
So would thousands of Badger State farmers, dairymen, orchardists and cattle raisers.
“This week is pivotal, especially for the corn and soybean crops,” said Laatsch, who works in Dodge County and specializes in crop...
