Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research (CCR) and Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) administrator Laurel Fletcher has been named a NASA Unsung Hero and received the Pringle Award for University Staff.
Year: 2020
CCR receives support from the Pandemic-Affected Research Continuation Initiative (PARCI)
Scientists with the Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research will receive critical funding for their work on climate variability and climate change thanks to the Pandemic-Affected Research Continuation Initiative (PARCI). The PARCI is provided through …
CCR associate director featured on Milwaukee’s TMJ4
During an interview with TMJ4, WTMJ-TV Milwaukee, Wis., on December 13, 2020, associate director of the Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research, Michael Notaro shared his research into the warming trend being seen in the Great Lakes …
Congratulations to Laurel Fletcher for winning the 2020 Elizabeth S. Pringle Award!
The Elizabeth S. Pringle Award is limited to those members of the University Staff who hold Office Support Titles and is awarded on an annual basis. It is issued to a single winner from among …
Climate Change Report Details Current and Future Impacts in Wisconsin
Steve Vavrus was recently interviewed by Spectrum News about WICCI’s contribution to the Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change. Last year, Evers directed The Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI) to provide scientific guidance to the …
Science in Action – Record high temperatures – in the Arctic
Steve Vavrus, senior scientist with the Nelson Institute’s Center for Climatic Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was recently interviewed this week by BBC World Service Radio about the Arctic heat wave.
Daniel Wright, assistant professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and David Lorenz, associate scientist, Center for Climatic Research, receive Baldwin Grant
Recent UW–Madison research, as well as experiences throughout Wisconsin and beyond, have shown that existing storm water and flood control infrastructure is inadequate in the face of increases in extreme rainfall. Existing rainfall design statistics …
Feng He was interviewed on the channel Spectrum News 1 (Wisconsin) on more rapid and expansive sea level rise in the future
Feng He discussed how the rising ocean temperatures are forcing ice to melt quicker than the rising air temperature. Especially in the Antarctic, where a large portion of the ice is underwater. He pointed out …
UW professor, Ankur Desai, discusses affect of climate change on Wisconsin landscapes
A University of Wisconsin climate scientist said climate change affects Wisconsin forests, during a lecture for the Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research Symposium on Thursday.
John Kutzbach and Feng He published in PNAS documenting how changes in Earth’s orbit, greenhouse gases, and ice sheets could have influenced the migration of early humans out of Africa.
With the state-of-the-art computer modeling of the changing climate/vegetation from 140,000 years ago to the present for Africa, Arabia, and the Mediterranean Basin, the study explains when and where the climate was wetter or drier and …