Graduate students, Rudra Thaker and Evan Meeker, co-chaired the 2024 Graduate Climate Conference (https://graduateclimateconference.github.io/) in Park Forest, Washington in November 2024. The entire conference is organized by graduate students. Taydra Low also served on the organizing committee …
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Rising warm temperatures across Southern Wisconsin creating climate change concerns
According to UW Madison Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Department Professor Jonathan Martin, September to October of 2024 is the second warmest it’s been since 1938. Martin studies the world’s air flow and said climate change …
Michael Notaro presented his work on GLOBE-inspired autism STEM camps to the United Nations General Assembly.
On September 17, 2024, Michael Notaro presented his work on GLOBE-inspired autism STEM camps to the United Nations General Assembly.
NASA Mission Gets Its First Snapshot of Polar Heat Emissions
NASA’s newest climate mission has started collecting data on the amount of heat in the form of far-infrared radiation that the Arctic and Antarctic environments emit to space. These measurements by the Polar Radiant Energy …
The world’s largest iceberg is stuck twirling in an ocean vortex
Till Wagner, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies how ice interacts with climate, said he has never seen a real-life example of this phenomenon on such a massive scale.
The fate of Lily’s Classic: Will climate change ruin this campus tradition?
For years, Lily’s Classic has been held on a frozen solid Lake Mendota. Now, the lake can barely freeze over. Will the yearly tradition be lost to climate change?
Field of Dreams … and Solar Panels
As part of the College of Letters & Science’s LASER program, sophomore Liz Sanchez Garcia investigates how solar panels and their changing light conditions can be a good thing for plants, renewable energy and career …
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.
Jon Martin was one of three campus faculty Jon Martin was one of three campus faculty highlighted by Chancellor Mnookin at New Student Convocation for their ability to inspire students. His instruction of “Weather and …
Elizabeth Maroon Receives NSF CAREER Award
AOS Assistant Professor Elizabeth Maroon has been selected as a recipient of a 2024 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for her project, “Signals from the Deep: The Influence of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge on the …
Dan Wright and Line Roald Selected for Vilas Faculty Early Career Investigator Awards
Fourteen professors, including Dan Wright and Line Roald, received Vilas Faculty Early Career Investigator Awards, recognizing research and teaching excellence in faculty who are relatively early in their careers. The award provides flexible research funding …