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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 …

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 …

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: …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …