- Expanding climate science through hands-on learningon December 16, 2024
Through university outreach, students at New Lisbon Middle and High Schools will get hands-on […]
- Graduate students, Rudra Thaker and Evan Meeker, co-chaired the 2024 Graduate Climate Conference in Park Forest, Washington in November 2024.on November 19, 2024
Graduate students, Rudra Thaker and Evan Meeker, co-chaired the 2024 Graduate Climate […]
- Rising warm temperatures across Southern Wisconsin creating climate change concernson October 29, 2024
According to UW Madison Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Department Professor Jonathan Martin, […]
- Michael Notaro presented his work on GLOBE-inspired autism STEM camps to the United Nations General Assembly. on September 26, 2024
On September 17, 2024, Michael Notaro presented his work on GLOBE-inspired autism STEM camps to […]
- NASA Mission Gets Its First Snapshot of Polar Heat Emissionson September 24, 2024
NASA’s newest climate mission has started collecting data on the amount of heat in the form of […]
- The world’s largest iceberg is stuck twirling in an ocean vortexon September 17, 2024
Till Wagner, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies how ice interacts with […]
- The fate of Lily’s Classic: Will climate change ruin this campus tradition?on September 17, 2024
For years, Lily’s Classic has been held on a frozen solid Lake Mendota. Now, the lake can barely […]
- Field of Dreams … and Solar Panelson September 9, 2024
As part of the College of Letters & Science’s LASER program, sophomore Liz Sanchez Garcia […]
- Jon Martin was Jon Martin was one of three campus faculty highlighted by Chancellor Mnookin at New Student Convocation for their ability to inspire students.on September 9, 2024
Jon Martin was one of three campus faculty Jon Martin was one of three campus faculty highlighted […]
- Elizabeth Maroon Receives NSF CAREER Awardon September 3, 2024
AOS Assistant Professor Elizabeth Maroon has been selected as a recipient of a 2024 National […]
- Predicting the Future with Feng Heon June 13, 2024
Step right up, folks, and meet a climate psychic! Feng He is a senior scientist within the […]
- Dan Wright and Line Roald Selected for Vilas Faculty Early Career Investigator Awardson May 15, 2024
Fourteen professors, including Dan Wright and Line Roald, received Vilas Faculty Early Career […]
- Several CCR members received AOS awardson May 14, 2024
The following CCR members received AOS this semester: Graduate Student Association Teaching Award […]
- Dan Wright and Min Chen both received American Family Insurance grants.on May 14, 2024
Nine UW–Madison data science research projects with applications to both the insurance industry […]
- UW-Madison Units Partner to Provide Long Term Support for the Wisconsin State Climatology Officeon May 14, 2024
UW–Madison Extension is partnering with the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and its […]
- The Student Research Symposium, Was Held on Wednesday Apr 24, 2024 at the Beloit Public Library.on May 7, 2024
The Beloit Memorial High School Student Research Symposium, was held on Wednesday Apr 24, 2024 at […]
- Jack Williams Shares His Opinion With Newsweekon April 11, 2024
Last month, Wisconsin ended its warmest winter ever recorded and second-shortest lake-ice season. […]
- UW–Madison Earth Fest offers education, inspiration, motivation with nearly 50 campus eventson April 9, 2024
The UW–Madison Office of Sustainability and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies are […]
- Are we breaking the Atlantic Ocean?on March 18, 2024
A recent paper in Science Advances outlined a scenario where, given enough ice melting into the […]
- CCR’s Nikaan Koupaei-Abyazani was one of 14 UW-Madison Fulbright award winnerson February 13, 2024
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has recognized […]
- CCR affiliate, Hannah Zanowski, was awarded the UW Provost’s Exceptional Service Awardon January 30, 2024
CCR affiliate, Hannah Zanowski, was awarded the UW Provost’s Exceptional Service Award for […]
- How ’bout that weather we’re having? A Q&A with Wisconsin’s State Climatologist.on January 23, 2024
According to Steve Vavrus, the State Climatologist and a senior scientist at the University of […]
- Feng He discussed with The Washington Post the repercussions of the Greenland ice sheet melting on the North Atlantic Ocean currentson January 18, 2024
Feng He explained that it’s not too unexpected that the rapid loss from the Greenland ice sheet […]
- Human Migration Route Out of Africa Tracked Monsoonson December 26, 2023
A new study published this week [Nov. 25, 2019] in the Proceedings of the National Academy of […]
- Weekly Watercooler: Muddy Waters STEMinist Camp – 13 December 2023on December 21, 2023
Darien Becker shares the process of designing Muddy Waters STEMinist Camp, Welty Environmental […]
- CCR’s The Sky’s The Limit STEM Camp was featured on the UW 2023 Moments in Timeon December 20, 2023
Youth attending The Sky’s the Limit STEM day camp spend a whole lot of time looking down — into […]
- Former CCR Scientist Awarded The 2023 Milutin Milankovic Medalon December 13, 2023
The 2023 Milutin Milankovic Medal is awarded to Bette L. Otto-Bliesner for her exceptionally […]
- Will Wisconsin Become a Climate Haven?on December 12, 2023
The 2023 Climate Change Symposium provided an opportunity to learn about the effects of climate […]
- Graduate student Emily Mather is part of a team looking to maximize agricultural land by making space for solar panels.on December 1, 2023
In 2021, Wisconsin reported having 14.2 million acres of farmland. What if all that land could be […]
- Experts consider future of Wisconsin at annual Climate Change Symposiumon November 10, 2023
The University of Wisconsin held its 2023 Climate Change Symposium Nov. 7 at the Wisconsin […]
- 2023 Climate Change Symposium was held on November 7thon November 8, 2023
Since 2015, the Center for Climatic Research (CCR) has hosted an annual Climate Change Symposium, […]
- Q&A with Evan Meekeron November 7, 2023
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- Simon Goring was awarded the M. Lee Alison Award for Geoinformatics at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of Americaon November 1, 2023
Simon Goring was awarded the M. Lee Alison Award for Geoinformatics at the 2023 Annual Meeting of […]
- State climatologist Steve Vavrus wants to help Wisconsin adapt as our climate changeson October 28, 2023
Vavrus was formally named the director of the Wisconsin State Climatology Office after serving […]
- Hoping for snow: Wisconsin snow data project captures snowflake images and students’ attentionon October 6, 2023
The post Hoping for snow: Wisconsin snow data project captures snowflake images and students’ […]
- Science sit down with climatologist Steve Vavruson September 29, 2023
Wisconsin’s new climatologist is excited about the possibilities his position holds in terms of […]
- How prepared is Wisconsin for more rain and flooding from climate change?on September 12, 2023
Flooding is becoming more frequent and severe in Wisconsin as climate change brings more extreme […]
- Scientists say Wisconsin’s climate has already changed, will continueon September 11, 2023
A historic spring blizzard left two feet of snow on the ground in parts of Wisconsin five years […]
- Wisconsin’s new lead climatologist says extreme weather has become more commonon September 8, 2023
With heatwaves and wildfires making national headlines throughout the summer, the new director of […]
- Q & A with Andrea Duttonon September 8, 2023
When she first started college, Andrea Dutton didn’t know she wanted to be a geoscientist. Now, […]
- Steve Vavrus on Wisconsin’s hot, smoky, dry summer of 2023on September 8, 2023
Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts co-director Steve Vavrus explains how the summer’s […]
- Meet Wisconsin’s new state climatologist, Steve Vavruson September 7, 2023
Steve Vavrus, a senior scientist and the assistant director of the Nelson Institute’s Center for […]
- STORM Program Receives NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site Awardon September 5, 2023
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS) is […]
- A look into the camp welcoming autistic youth into nature and STEMon August 30, 2023
The post A look into the camp welcoming autistic youth into nature and STEM appeared first on […]
- UW-Madison scientist speaks out on warm temperatureson August 22, 2023
Andrea Dutton, a professor of geology and sedimentologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, […]
- Center for Climatic Research Names New Bryson Professoron August 21, 2023
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering professor and Nelson Institute faculty affiliate […]
- The Sky’s the Limit: Autistic youth explore science on their terms at STEM campon August 15, 2023
The post The Sky’s the Limit: Autistic youth explore science on their terms at STEM camp appeared […]
- Climate experts say one area in far northern Wisconsin has maxed out the drought scaleon August 14, 2023
Rain in southern Wisconsin earlier this week should help relieve some of the drought stress that […]
- Climate experts say one area in far northern Wisconsin has maxed out the drought scaleon August 14, 2023
State Climatologist Steve Vavrus said this is the first time since the Drought Monitor started in […]
- Learning without Limitson August 11, 2023
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- Feng He interviewed in Danish newspaper on the future of the North Atlantic ocean currentson August 4, 2023
Feng He explained that scientists are still debating what exactly weakens the AMOC and causes it to […]
- Badger Crop Connect Webinar Series 2023: July 28, 2023 Special Drought Episode #2on July 28, 2023
Steve Vavrus was one of the many speakers talking about the moderate to severe drought currently […]
- Jon Martin Q&Aon July 28, 2023
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- A ‘SRS’ Successon June 20, 2023
For the first time ever, the Nelson Institute’s Center for Climatic Research (CCR) hosted the […]
- Tracey Holloway among Inaugural Advisory Board for Outrideron February 9, 2023
The Nelson Institute’s Tracey Holloway was recently named to the inaugural advisory board of the […]
- A Legacy Recordedon February 3, 2023
“Is Lake Mendoza frozen yet?” Believe it or not, that’s a common wintertime question from […]
- UW Establishes Rural Partnership Instituteon January 6, 2023
The Nelson Institute’s Center for Climatic Research (CCR) will be partnering on a new initiative […]
- How the Tropics Workon December 5, 2022
For years, the prevailing belief among climate scientists was that Earth’s tilt was the primary […]
- Notaro Teaches AOS 100 Classon August 30, 2022
It was a summer of firsts for Nelson Institute Center for Climate Research Director and scientist […]
- Nuclear Fallout: From the Sky to the Seaon July 15, 2022
Blocked out sunlight, crop failure, and … sinking oceans? Elizabeth Maroon, faculty member in the […]
- NSF Grant Supports Internships at the Welty Environment Centeron July 11, 2022
Through the efforts of Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research Interim Director Michael […]
- Patz and Vavrus Contribute Expertise in WPR Interview on Record-Setting Heaton June 20, 2022
Even prior to the official start of summer on June 21, Wisconsin has experienced several heat […]
- CCR graduate student awarded NCAR Fellowshipon May 23, 2022
Rudradutt Thaker, research assistant with Nelson Institute’s Center for Climatic Research (CCR) […]
- CCR interim director’s work to develop STEM summer camp featured in Beloit Daily Newson April 26, 2022
Michael Notaro, interim director and senior scientist with the Center for Climatic Research was […]
- Andrea Dutton participates in White House roundtable on climate actionon April 18, 2022
Nelson Institute affiliate and Department of Geoscience Professor Andrea Dutton recently […]
- Nelson associate scientist identifies a new climate model around melting polar iceon April 8, 2022
Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research associate scientist Feng He is among the researchers […]
- Researchers solve mystery behind Antarctica’s lopsided sea ice cycleon March 28, 2022
For decades, scientists have watched as the sea ice cover around Antarctica slowly grows over […]
- Nelson Institute senior scientist Steve Vavrus discusses Wisconsin’s winter warming trendon February 25, 2022
The past two decades have been the warmest on record, which has led to challenges for some of […]
- Three Nelson Institute affiliates named Vilas Associateson February 16, 2022
The Nelson Institute is honored to announce that three affiliates have been named Vilas Associates […]
- Nelson Institute academic staff host first NSF-supported WELCOME teacher professional development workshopon December 1, 2021
Nearly 20 educational leaders from the School District of Beloit, Beloit College, and Welty […]
- Center for Climatic Research (CCR) associate director, Michael Notaro presents on climate change at the UW-Madison WARF SoundWaves concerton November 29, 2021
Climate change impacts were the focus of Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research […]
- CCR professor and student publish paper on correlation between climate change and crop yieldon October 26, 2021
According to a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Nelson Institute Center for […]
- Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments federal funding extended to support climate adaptation researchon October 25, 2021
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will continue its role as a regional leader in climate change […]
- Department of the Interior Announces Host for Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Centeron September 29, 2021
The Department of the Interior today announced the location of the newest Climate Adaptation […]
- UW-Madison partners with Beloit community to increase diversity within STEMon June 28, 2021
Increasing diversity in geosciences and fostering hands-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, […]