Steve Vavrus was recently interviewed by Spectrum News about WICCI’s contribution to the Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change. Last year, Evers directed The Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI) to provide scientific guidance to the …
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Science in Action – Record high temperatures – in the Arctic
Steve Vavrus, senior scientist with the Nelson Institute’s Center for Climatic Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was recently interviewed this week by BBC World Service Radio about the Arctic heat wave.
Daniel Wright, assistant professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and David Lorenz, associate scientist, Center for Climatic Research, receive Baldwin Grant
Recent UW–Madison research, as well as experiences throughout Wisconsin and beyond, have shown that existing storm water and flood control infrastructure is inadequate in the face of increases in extreme rainfall. Existing rainfall design statistics …
Feng He was interviewed on the channel Spectrum News 1 (Wisconsin) on more rapid and expansive sea level rise in the future
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 …
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.