Feng He discussed how the rising ocean temperatures are forcing ice to melt quicker than the rising air temperature. Especially in the Antarctic, where a large portion of the ice is underwater. He pointed out …
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UW professor, Ankur Desai, discusses affect of climate change on Wisconsin landscapes
A University of Wisconsin climate scientist said climate change affects Wisconsin forests, during a lecture for the Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research Symposium on Thursday.
John Kutzbach and Feng He published in PNAS documenting how changes in Earth’s orbit, greenhouse gases, and ice sheets could have influenced the migration of early humans out of Africa.
With the state-of-the-art computer modeling of the changing climate/vegetation from 140,000 years ago to the present for Africa, Arabia, and the Mediterranean Basin, the study explains when and where the climate was wetter or drier and …
Feng He published in Nature on the subsurface ocean warming causing the collapse of Western Antarctic Ice Sheet in the past and its implication for the sea level rise in the future
A new study suggests the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet is less stable than researchers once thought. As in the past, its collapse in the future is likely. The finding is based in part on the results …
2019 Is The Wettest Year Ever Recorded For Wisconsin And The Midwest
The year’s not over, but 2019 will already go down as the wettest year ever across the Midwest and Wisconsin since record-keeping began in 1895. Wisconsin received 41.75 inches of precipitation through last month. The …
Madison, University Of Wisconsin Collaborate To Face Down Climate Change Future
The city of Madison is teaming up with the University of Wisconsin-Madison to identify the problems that come with climate change and ways to adapt to them. UW-Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, the Wisconsin Initiative …
Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts revived under Governor’s task force
The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts will contribute climate data informing the work of a state task force charged with advising Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Human migration out of Africa may have followed monsoons in the Middle East
Last year, scientists announced that a human jawbone and prehistoric tools found in 2002 in Misliya Cave, on the western edge of Israel, were between 177,000 and 194,000 years old. The finding suggested that modern …
New faculty team to address key research and education needs in The Emerging Polar Regions
Several departments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, including the Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research, are collaborating to hire three new faculty members who will focus on research and outreach related to the Emerging Polar …
CCR’s Michael Notaro and Rosalyn Pertzborn led a teacher-training workshop in August 2019
For a Baldwin Foundation-supported climate education project, Michael Notaro and Rosalyn Pertzborn led a teacher-training workshop in August 2019 for teachers from Blessed Trinity in Dane, Wisconsin on the implementation of protocols for the NASA Global Learning …
New Climate Research Shows Wisconsin Heading South
As the state feels the heat from the recent weather snap, a new report shows that global warming could cause Wisconsin’s climate to mirror that of Arkansas in the next generations. Michael Notaro, a scientist …
Jack Williams Elected as Fellow of Ecological Society of America
Former CCR Director Jack Williams has been elected as a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America. The award cites Dr. Williams fundamentally important contributions in paleoecology, biogeography, and climate change ecology, notably no-analog climates and ecosystems, the role …
Weather Whiplash Is Leaving Wisconsinites Wondering What’s Up
Wisconsin’s meteorological winter begins every year on Dec. 1, but bonafide winter weather didn’t arrive in the 2018-2019 season until mid-January. And it arrived with surprising force, as the atmosphere suddenly unleashed a sucker punch …
Extreme cold increasingly rare for Wisconsin, but polar vortex could be more common in warmer climate
Steve Vavrus was interviewed by several media outlets about the January 2019 “polar vortex” cold surge in the Midwest. His perspectives were featured in NOVA’s Planet Earth newsletter, Climate Nexus, Shepherd Express, and the Wisconsin …
Steve Vavrus will serve as WICCI’s Co-Director
Dr. Steve Vavrus will serve as WICCI’s Co-Director. Steve has been involved in WICCI since its beginning, having participated in the Climate, Stormwater, and Milwaukee/Health working groups, and has a long history of work in climate …