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Searching for Answers on a Warming Planet: Why We May Need Climate Engineering

Simon Nicholson, Director of the Global Environmental Politics program in the School of International Service and co-founder of the Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment, will discuss a range of other climate engineering or “geoengineering” schemes which are gaining increasing visibility and credibility as options for tackling climate change. What, though, is to be made of such …

WIZM: Study shows monkeys contracted CWD from infected deer meat, shows possibility to humans

CWD could affect humans; get your deer tested, says Keith Poulsen, a GHI Advisory Committee member with the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.

Importance of solar energy underestimated three-fold

Importance of solar energy underestimated three-fold, GHI Advisory Committee member finds

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Patz — Tax on hybrids and electric vehicles is poor economic policy

Tax on electric hybrids is poor economic policy, GHI Director Jonathan Patz says.

With deer season on horizon, lab ramps up for CWD testing

With deer season on horizon, lab ramps up for CWD testing

Zombies, Sports, and Cola: What Do They Mean For Communicating Weather and Climate?

National Science Foundation: Documentary “The Rules of Life” features GHI leader Tony Goldberg

National Science Foundation’s documentary “The Rules of Life” features GHI leader Tony Goldberg.

UW School of Medicine and Public Health Aims to Keep OB/GYNs in Rural America

UW School of Medicine and Public Health Aims to Keep OB/GYNs in Rural America

Inaugural UniverCity Year final presentation

The public is invited to an event focusing on the entire UniverCity Year (UCY) and all its projects. The presentation will be Wednesday August 16th, 7 PM in the Monona Public Library – Municipal Room. UCY program director Jason Vargo, assistant scientist with the Nelson Institute and the Global Health Institute UW-Madison, will lead the …

NPR: Why U.S.-Trained Surgeons Often Aren’t Ready For Humanitarian Work Abroad

GHI Advisory Member Girma Tefera directs program to address discrepancy in surgeon training.