The Center for Climatic Research in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies hosts the UW–Madison Climate Change Symposium March 5 and 6 in the Genetics-Biotech Auditorium.

Steve Long, director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation RIPE Project, presents keynote lectures at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 5, and 1:35 p.m. Friday, March 6. He is a world leader on the responses of agroecosystems to rising carbon dioxide levels and climate change. Several UW–Madison faculty and researchers will also present their work.

For more information, contact Laurel Fletcher at lkfletcher@wisc.edu or 608-265-0572.