University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Five Strategic Focus Areas

UW’s Holloway to lead NASA Health and Air Quality Initiative

Tracey Holloway will help NASA make environmental satellite data more accessible and useful.

Preventing the Spread of Zika Requires Addressing Poverty

Zika and poverty go hand-in-hand: GHI Director Jonathan Patz tells us why

Zika: Another warning flag of health threats due to climate change?

GHI Director Jonathan Patz addresses Zika’s connection to climate change

Preventing the Spread of Zika Requires Addressing Poverty

Preventing the Spread of Zika Requires Addressing Poverty

Fish, floods and diabetes under scrutiny with four new GHI Seed Grants

Fish, floods and diabetes under scrutiny with four new GHI Seed Grants.

Sumudu Atapattu examines links between human rights and climate change

Sumudu Atapattu a GHI Advisory Board Member addresses the link between climate change and human rights.

Cap Times: UW-Madison scientist’s study uses ice records to link Industrial Revolution, climate change

In Madison, there are more than 160 years of records on the freezing and thawing dates of lakes Monona and Mendota. But it was centuries of data on a lake in Japan and a river in Finland that helped a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor emeritus and a team of researchers show climate change trends since the Industrial Revolution.

WPR: Paris Climate Accord Represents Major Opportunity, Says UW Researcher

GHI Director Jonathan Patz sees Paris climate agreement as a great opportunity to change lives.

WPR: UW Researchers Are Exploring The Link Between Climate Change And Zika Virus

University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are looking into whether climate change may lead to the faster spread of diseases like the mosquito-transmitted Zika virus.

UW-Madison at forefront of innovation in nuclear energy

For countries to sharply reduce carbon emissions while also meeting the increasing demand for electrical energy, it’s widely recognized that nuclear power needs to be part of the solution, and UW-Madison has a giant role.