Year: 2023

Feng He explained that scientists are still debating what exactly weakens the AMOC and causes it to move towards a tipping point – if that is what it does. “If there is anything at all …

Steve Vavrus was one of the many speakers talking about the moderate to severe drought currently going on in Wisconsin.

For the first time in a decade, the Wisconsin State Climatology Office is receiving government funding. A USDA grant will focus the office on rural needs, particularly those of farmers. We talk to the new …

The Nelson Institute’s Center for Climatic Research Director Michael Notaro has done extensive research on Australia’s monsoon season, contributing to six papers from 2011-20. His most recent research on monsoons focuses on how both terrestrial (vegetation and …

If you don’t remember your grass ever looking this dry, you’re not alone. Over the last three months, south-central Wisconsin has only had around 4 inches of rain, which is about eight less than average. …

May was historically dry in Wisconsin, becoming the fourth-driest on record since 1895, with only 1.59 inches of precipitation averaged statewide.

Farmers are struggling all across the Corn Belt. Drought expanded rapidly throughout the Midwest in June — doubling within the first week after significantly less rainfall than normal. Forecasters say the region is not likely …

Following the wettest winter on record, Wisconsin experienced the fourth driest May in its history. June continued with the same dry pattern as the land got thirstier, pushing Wisconsin into what is known as a …

As part of a $9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wisconsin’s state climatology office will get $1.25 million over four years to reinvent itself. The goal is to raise the profile of …

The U.S. Drought Monitor’s latest data shows more than 90 percent of the state is abnormally dry. About half of Wisconsin is experiencing moderate drought conditions, including parts of northwestern Wisconsin and roughly the southern …

After six-consecutive months of abnormally wet conditions in Wisconsin, the flip to a historically dry May represents “weather whiplash,” at least for precipitation.

Although conditions in the state are nowhere near extreme or severe drought levels, interim state climatologist Steve Vavrus said conditions are still dry. Sunday’s rain amounted to just 0.12 inches around some parts of Madison, …

Steve Vavrus, a climatologist with UW-Madison, is calling the situation in the Badger state ‘weather whiplash’ when it comes to precipitation departures.

AOS Assistant Professor Ángel Adames-Corraliza has been selected as a recipient of the 2023 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award. This distinguished grant supports early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role …

CCR’s Steve Vavrus spoke with Successful Farming about adjusting to the role, technology’s increasing role in climatology, and more.  

CCR hosted the Midwest GLOBE Student Research Symposium in April 2023, bringing approximately 70 middle and high school students, teachers, and GLOBE partners to the UW-Madison campus. View a photo slideshow, assembled by Anica Graney:  

Steve Vavrus was an invited speaker at the “Ethics, Urgency & Climate Journalism” conference at UW on April 28th. He gave a 20-minute presentation, “Wisconsin’s Changing Climate: Scratching Beneath the Surface,” which addressed aspects of …

Congratulations to Hannah Zanowski for receiving the Graduate Student Association Teaching Award and to Nicolas Sartore for receiving the Ettenheim Scholarship Award.

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 …

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, 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 …