CCR professor and student publish paper on correlation between climate change and crop yield
According to a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research (CCR), crop yields are being impacted by exposure to surface ozone, atmospheric aerosols, and heat stress.
October 26, 2021
Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments federal funding extended to support climate adaptation research
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will continue its role as a regional leader in climate change research thanks in part to an extension in funding that will support UW-Madison as it joins the Great Lakes Integrated Sciences …
October 25, 2021
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 …
October 12, 2021
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 …
September 8, 2021
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 …
August 16, 2021
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 …
June 24, 2021
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 …
June 6, 2021
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.
May 24, 2021
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 …
January 29, 2021
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 …
January 21, 2021- More News
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