Munching bugs thwart eager trees, reducing the carbon sink
New UW-Madison study shows climate change models need to include plant-eating insects that may limit the ability of forests to absorb carbon dioxide.
New UW-Madison study shows climate change models need to include plant-eating insects that may limit the ability of forests to absorb carbon dioxide.
The Wisconsin Environmental Health Network presents an afternoon conference for health care providers, public health professionals, environmental activists, staff of environmental organizations, scientists and students. The event, especially, will give health care professionals information about environmental factors affecting human health and how to best use that information in primary care practice. It will also build …
Johanna Crane, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Washington-Bothell, presents “The Indirect Costs of Partnership: Administrative Labor and African Invisibility in Global Health Science” as part of the Robert F. and Jean E. Holtz Center for Science & Technology Studies Visiting Lecture Series. Crane focuses her ethnographic work on the complexities of “global …
Valerie Stull and Rachel Bergmans look at mealworms as an inexpensive microlivestock that produces an easy source of protein. And win the Climate Quest Competition.
At the 2015 Sustainability Forum, academic, industry, and nonprofit leaders will examine the reasons for and impacts of our everyday consumption habits, focusing on our use of food, clothing, shelter, and personal electronics. “Rethinking Our Consumption: Beyond Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” will be held 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 26, in Union South’s Varsity …
Join the Wisconsin Wetlands Association to share and discuss wetland science, management, restoration, and protection issues at Telling Our Stories, Wisconsin Wetlands Association’s annual Wetland Science Conference. The Nelson Institute is proud to be a sponsor of this conference, which this year celebrates its 20th anniversary. For more information and to register, please visit: http://www.uwlax.edu/conted/wwa/index.html
UW-Madison climate scientist Stephen Vavrus and colleagues find more evidence linking a wavy jet stream to brutal weather--and a warming Arctic, where climate change is happening faster than in Earth’s middle latitudes.
The UW South Madison Partnership puts the Wisconsin Idea into practice. Story from Isthmus.
With 69 Badger alumni currently serving in 34 countries, the University of Wisconsin–Madison continues its tradition as one of the nation’s top producers of Peace Corps volunteers.
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 …