AOS and Nelson Institute Professor Tracey Holloway has been inducted into the National Academy of Medicine. Joining the ranks of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine is one of the highest honors in …
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Meet the new director for the Center for Climatic Research
I would like to introduce myself as the new director of the Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research (CCR). As a background, I received a PhD in atmospheric sciences from the University at Albany in …
Climate migrants and real estate, Mosquitoes surviving warmer winters
We first learn how climate change could affect migration patterns to Wisconsin. Then, two Wisconsin researchers, one being CCR’s Dan Vimont, discuss how climate change could affect mosquitoes and other pests in the state.
Extreme Heat and Drought
This edition of the Nelson Issue Brief presents work on extreme heat and drought due to climate change from scholars across the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Contributions include research into the impact of urban heat islands, …
Climate change to be discussed at Beloit’s Welty Center
On October 23, 2022 at 1-4PM, a special event, “Sustainable Action Through a Beloit Lens,” will be held at the Welty Environmental Center in Beloit, co-sponsored by the Welty Environmental Center and the Center for …
Ankur Desai Honored with Mid-Career Award
Ankur Desai, an affiliate of the Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research and professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences (AOS) in the College of Letters and Science, was recently awarded the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) 2022 Joanne …
MWCASC Hosts First Annual Meeting at UW-Madison
On August 26–27, 2022, the University of Wisconsin–Madison hosted the first annual gathering of the USGS Midwest Climate Adaption Science Center (MWCASC) where over 90 individuals from across the Midwest met to share research, discuss …
Wisconsin farmers evaluate climate change impacts, consider solutions
Wisconsin’s agricultural industry, a top economic driver for the state, is facing challenges from rising temperatures due to climate change. Crops and livestock are feeling the negative effects.
CCR graduate student Rudradutt Thaker won first prize for grad student poster at the AMS Polar Meeting
CCR graduate student Rudradutt Thaker won first prize for grad student poster at the AMS Polar Meeting in Madison this August, for his poster “A Climatology of Arctic Atmospheric Rivers and Sea-Ice Loss”
As temperatures rise, experts say Wisconsin isn’t ready to handle the heat
A new study showed extreme heat will hit the country over the next 30 years. Temperatures in Wisconsin won’t match the extreme highs of states farther south, but Steve Vavrus, a senior scientist at the …
It’s not just out west — new UW-Madison climate report shows increasing climate change impacts in Wisconsin
Steve Vavrus, Senior Scientist at the Nelson Center for Climatic Research at UW-Madison, says Southern Wisconsin saw the most significant level of impact in the report.
Dr. Patrick Michaels, former PhD student of Professor Reid Bryson, has passed away
Welty Interns Completed GLOBE Projects
Three interns, Raven Regenold, Liam Flanagan, and Bennett Donovan, from Beloit Memorial High School completed their Spring 2022 internships at Welty Environmental Center, Beloit under the guidance of Welty staff, Darien Becker and Aaron Wilson. The internship was …
The Center for Climatic Research will be running a free summer STEM camp for autistic middle and high school-aged kids
The Center for Climatic Research, in partnership with the Welty Environmental Center, Achieving Collaborative Treatment, School District of Beloit, and Beloit College, will be running a free summer STEM camp for autistic middle and high school-aged kids in …
WICCI releases assessment report, ten years in the making
The Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI), a nationally recognized collaboration of scientists and stakeholders working together to help Wisconsin policymakers and citizens understand the impacts of climate change, has released an assessment report that …
Tristan L’Ecuyer selected as 2021 Outstanding Alum
Congratulations to Tristan for being named 2021 Outstanding Alum from the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University!
Federal funding extends Great Lakes climate adaptation research and engagement at U-M, MSU
Researchers at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, College of Menominee Nation, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have been awarded $5.4 million from NOAA to continue their study of climate change and variability risks in the Great …
Tristan L’Ecuyer Receives CSU Department of Atmospheric Sciences Alumni Award
Tristan L’Ecuyer has received the 2021 Outstanding Alumni Award from the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the Colorado State University. Recipients of the Outstanding Alumni Award are former students who, by their distinguished careers and …
CCR leaders awarded Department of Energy funding to study connection between aerosols and historical climate variability
Leaders from the Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research (CCR) will begin investigating the role of clouds and aerosols (small particles in the atmosphere, such as sulfate or dust) in historical climate variability thanks to …
GLOBE Research Done in the Time of COVID: Students Showcase Their Work
Michael Notaro (CCR), Rose Pertzborn (CCR), Janet Struble (University of Toledo),David Bydlowski (Wayne RESA), and Kevin Czajkowski (University of Toledo), the co-directors of the Midwest GLOBE/ESS Collaborative, led the GLOBE Midwest ESS Virtual Science Symposium …
Welty Environmental Center receives geoscience funding
Michael Notaro received NSF funding to help foster diversity and inclusion in STEM, as it relatesto race/ethnicity and neurodivergence, within K-12 schools in Beloit in collaboration with the School District of Beloit, Beloit College, the Welty …
Nelson affiliate Jim Kossin’s research shows hurricanes are getting stronger
Kossin’s research shows that over the last four decades the likelihood a hurricane would be categorized as major intensity has increased by 25 percent.
Former Director and Senior Scientist of the UW-Madison Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research Passes Away
The University of Wisconsin – Madison Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences regrets to inform of the passing of Professor Emeritus John E. Kutzbach on 29 January 2021. Professor Kutzbach was a professor in the …
Biden Puts Climate High on Priority List, Encouraging Scientists
Second on the list of priorities on the new White House Website is the climate. “President Biden will take swift action to tackle the climate emergency,” the website reads. “The Biden Administration will ensure we …
Nelson Institute administrator named NASA Unsung Hero and receives Pringle Award for University Staff
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.