University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Climate & Land Use Change

2016 Global Health Symposium: War leads to life lessons, apps to improve health care

Doctors Without Borders veteran and app developer is keynote speaker for 2016 Global Health Symposium.

“Promise of Paris:” Watch the video

If you missed "The Promise of Paris," watch the video now as a Wisconsin panel reviews the U.N. climate talks' impact on Wisconsin.

Grist: Zika is just one more way climate change is worse for women

Climate change is affecting women in higher numbers, with famine, disease and now the dangers of the Zika virus.

Grassland biofuels could benefit people and birds in Wisconsin and beyond

Peter Blank standing in front of a monoculture of Big Bluestem. Photo: Tim Whitby This story was originally posted on wisc.edu Grassland bioenergy could be a win-win for Wisconsin’s farmers and its wildlife. A new University of Wisconsin—Madison and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources study shows that converting marginal farmlands to perennial grassland biofuel crops could …

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: U.S. Supreme Court puts Obama’s climate plan on hold

GHI Director Jonathan Patz says Clean Power Plan is not just energy policy and dollars but lives and people dying.

Vice: There’s One Thing That Could Make the Zika Virus Much More Dangerous — Climate Change

Climate change is a leading factor in the conversation about the Zika Virus.

ClimateWire: Zika outbreak may follow paths of other climate-linked diseases, researchers say

Straits Times: Scientists say climate change may have fuelled Zika outbreak

Scientists growing concern about the Zika virus has many looking at the recent rise in temperatures in Latin America.

Bloomberg: Scientists Say Climate Change May Have Fueled Zika

Record high temperatures will make it harder for health systems in Latin America to manage health epidemics like Zika.

DiscoverMagazine.com: What lessons will we learn from Zika?

GHI Advisory Member Jorge Osorio, GHI Director Jonathan Patz and UW researcher Matthew Aliota discuss Zika in Discover magazine.