Today, the UW’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies begins to mark Earth Day, the ecological holiday created by the institute’s namesake, UW grad Gaylord Nelson LLB’42. Traditionally, Earth Day is April 22, but the UW …
Month: April 2023
New Release: Range Mapper, Animated Maps of Species Distributions
We’re excited to announce the release of [Range Mapper](https://geography.wisc.edu/ran…) and its publication [George et al.,2023, Open Quaternary](https://openquaternary.com/art…) Range Mapper presents a new set of online interactive and animated maps of the changes in plant (and …
Christian Andresen wins NSF Career Award to study Arctic emissions
Christian Andresen, an assistant professor of Earth system geography in the College of Letters and Sciences, is using cutting-edge technologies like drones, gas-monitoring systems and virtual reality to measure and visualize the effects of climate …
UW-Madison works to expand state’s weather station network
Chris Kucharik is interviewed on Wisconsin Public Radio.
Evan Meeker was selected to receive a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate fellowship
Congratulations to Becca Hall and Evan Meeker who were selected to receive 2023 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate fellowships.
Paul Block selected as the next CPEP Professor
Associate Professor Paul Block from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is being selected as the next Reid A. Bryson Distinguished Professor of the Climate, People, and Environment Program (CPEP). Professor Block’s research largely …