Professor Ankur Desai has been named the recipient of the 2025 AGU Sulzman Award for Scientific Excellence through Education and Mentoring. This award is presented in recognition of significant contributions as a role model and …
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Graduate student Clark Zimmerman and Professor Till Wagner took part in the Greenland Ice Sheet Ocean Interactions Workshop in Nuuk, Greenland
Graduate student Clark Zimmerman and Professor Till Wagner took part in the Greenland Ice Sheet Ocean Interactions Workshop in Nuuk, Greenland. They met with Greenlandic stakeholders, visited research sites, and sailed far into the ice of …
Wave goodbye: Research yields new knowledge about how ocean action carves icebergs from ice sheets
An interdisciplinary team’s research may deepen our understanding of how ocean waves wear away massive ice sheets—and how that activity can influence climate around the world.
Federal funding cuts threaten future of Wisconsin STEM camp for autistic students
STEM camps run by University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Climatic Research have served autistic middle and high school students across Wisconsin and Illinois since 2022, but organizers say federal funding cuts threaten their future.
Federal funding cut jeopardizes STEM camp for autistic kids at Vilas Zoo
STEM camp for autistic kids, started four years ago by a UW-Madison professor, has been so popular its initial Beloit location spawned programs at Vilas Zoo in Madison and in the Wisconsin Dells. This past …
More heat, more humidity, more rain, more floods, more tornadoes — and more bad air
Meteorologists and climate scientists tracking Wisconsin’s weather point to the trends of hotter nights, higher humidity, extreme rainstorms, more tornadoes and smoky air as standing out over the course of the 2025 summer season.
A 1,000-year flood, historically bad air quality, extreme heat: Summer 2025 is far from normal in Wisconsin
“We haven’t had a lot of days with really nice, enjoyable weather, because either we had to worry about the air quality, or it’s been really, really humid, or it’s been decently hot,” said Amanda …
Wisconsin STEM summer camps for neurodivergent kids may end after federal government cancels funding
The future of a local summer camp designed for neurodivergent kids is now up in the air after the federal government canceled its funding. Michael Notaro is the director of the Center for Climatic Research …
Wisconsin air quality among nation’s worst as Canadian wildfire smoke spreads
Air quality conditions in Wisconsin are on track to be the state’s worst so far in 2025, said State Climatologist Steve Vavrus. He said the state hasn’t seen air this bad since two summers ago, …
Henry Vilas Zoo host STEM camp for neurodivergent kids
CCR-supported Zoo Explorer’s Sensory-Friendly Camp at the Henry Vilas Zoo, in support of neurodiverse youth, received news coverage from three stations: https://www.channel3000.com/news/wisconsin-science-camps-for-kids-with-autism-face-uncertain-future-after-federal-funding-cuts/article_f848be02-9cba-4fb5-a21f-a888fcefcd14.html https://www.wmtv15news.com/2025/07/27/madison-stem-camp-neurodivergent-kids-could-see-final-year-after-funding-loss/ https://www.wkow.com/news/henry-vilas-zoo-host-stem-camp-for-neurodivergent-kids/article_a192af69-c350-4cbe-9baa-297408f3d06b.html