A new study published this week [Nov. 25, 2019] in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by American and Israeli geoscientists and climatologists provides evidence that summer monsoons from Asia and Africa may …
Year: 2023
Weekly Watercooler: Muddy Waters STEMinist Camp – 13 December 2023
Darien Becker shares the process of designing Muddy Waters STEMinist Camp, Welty Environmental Center’s first week-long Girls in STEM summer camp, implementing GLOBE hydrosphere protocols with middle- and high-school-age girls. This program introduced campers to …
CCR’s The Sky’s The Limit STEM Camp was featured on the UW 2023 Moments in Time
Youth attending The Sky’s the Limit STEM day camp spend a whole lot of time looking down — into microscopes, at trail maps and even through the muck of Goose Creek. This camp for teenagers …
Former CCR Scientist Awarded The 2023 Milutin Milankovic Medal
The 2023 Milutin Milankovic Medal is awarded to Bette L. Otto-Bliesner for her exceptionally outstanding contribution to modelling the earth system from deep-time to glacials and interglacials, and leading pioneering work to use palaeoclimate for …
Graduate student Emily Mather is part of a team looking to maximize agricultural land by making space for solar panels.
In 2021, Wisconsin reported having 14.2 million acres of farmland. What if all that land could be used to mitigate climate change? Emily Mather, a graduate student in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, is …
Experts consider future of Wisconsin at annual Climate Change Symposium
The University of Wisconsin held its 2023 Climate Change Symposium Nov. 7 at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. This year’s topic was focused on the prompt “Will Wisconsin Become a Climate Haven?” PBS Wisconsin and …
2023 Climate Change Symposium was held on November 7th
Since 2015, the Center for Climatic Research (CCR) has hosted an annual Climate Change Symposium, providing an opportunity for the UW-Madison community to learn about the effects of climate change on our natural resources and …
Q&A with Evan Meeker
Simon Goring was awarded the M. Lee Alison Award for Geoinformatics at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America
Simon Goring was awarded the M. Lee Alison Award for Geoinformatics at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America. He presented the talk “Supporting Equitable Science with Open and Ethical Data Communities: …
State climatologist Steve Vavrus wants to help Wisconsin adapt as our climate changes
Vavrus was formally named the director of the Wisconsin State Climatology Office after serving leading in an interim capacity for most of the year. Also the assistant director of UW-Madison’s Nelson Institute’s Center for Climatic …
Hoping for snow: Wisconsin snow data project captures snowflake images and students’ attention
Science sit down with climatologist Steve Vavrus
Wisconsin’s new climatologist is excited about the possibilities his position holds in terms of helping the community and educating students. He’s particularly eager to connect with the next generation on his journey to help others …
How prepared is Wisconsin for more rain and flooding from climate change?
Flooding is becoming more frequent and severe in Wisconsin as climate change brings more extreme weather. A civil and environmental engineer joins us to look at how prepared the state is for flooding and what …
Scientists say Wisconsin’s climate has already changed, will continue
A historic spring blizzard left two feet of snow on the ground in parts of Wisconsin five years ago, record breaking hot temperatures in the upper 80s sweltered the state this April and smoke from …
Wisconsin’s new lead climatologist says extreme weather has become more common
With heatwaves and wildfires making national headlines throughout the summer, the new director of Wisconsin’s state climate office said there’s no doubt that similar disasters are becoming more and more common.
Q & A with Andrea Dutton
When she first started college, Andrea Dutton didn’t know she wanted to be a geoscientist. Now, she works on solving Earth’s biggest geological puzzles.
Steve Vavrus on Wisconsin’s hot, smoky, dry summer of 2023
Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts co-director Steve Vavrus explains how the summer’s extreme heat, wildfire smoke and drought reflect growing challenges for the state in a warming world.
Meet Wisconsin’s new state climatologist, Steve Vavrus
Steve Vavrus, a senior scientist and the assistant director of the Nelson Institute’s Center for Climatic Research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been named the new state climatologist and director of the Wisconsin State …
STORM Program Receives NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site Award
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS) is thrilled to receive the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award from the National Science Foundation. The award will support the “Student Training …
A look into the camp welcoming autistic youth into nature and STEM
UW-Madison scientist speaks out on warm temperatures
Andrea Dutton, a professor of geology and sedimentologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is leading international research on climate change. Her work focuses on studying fossilized corals to track changes in sea level. It’s helping scientists …
The Sky’s the Limit: Autistic youth explore science on their terms at STEM camp
Climate experts say one area in far northern Wisconsin has maxed out the drought scale
Rain in southern Wisconsin earlier this week should help relieve some of the drought stress that continues to plague the state this summer. But climate experts say one area in far northern Wisconsin has already maxed …
Climate experts say one area in far northern Wisconsin has maxed out the drought scale
State Climatologist Steve Vavrus said this is the first time since the Drought Monitor started in 2000 that any part of Wisconsin has ranked in the highest category.