Environmental conservation alumna Sumaiya Firoze applies skills learned in graduate program to home country of Bangladesh. Traveling from the opposite side of the world, Sumaiya Firoze came to the Nelson Institute determined to grow her …
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Monica White awarded Carnegie Fellowship
Monica White — Nelson Institute Gaylord A. Nelson Distinguished Chair in Integrated Environmental Studies, and the founding director of the Office for Environmental Justice in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies — has been awarded …
UW–Madison’s ultra-efficient carbon capture tech earns top 60 spot in global XPRIZE challenge
For a planet increasingly impacted by the effects of climate change, removing carbon from the atmosphere could be part of a much needed turn in the right direction. Innovators worldwide participating in the XPRIZE Carbon Removal …
WICCI releases assessment report, ten years in the making
The Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI), a nationally recognized collaboration of scientists and stakeholders working together to help Wisconsin policymakers and citizens understand the impacts of climate change, has released an assessment report …
The Creation of becoming–Feral
Explore the complex relationships between humans and other-animals through becoming–Feral, a collection of poetry, visual art, essays, and more—all focused on understanding the shifting categories of ‘feral’ and ‘domestic’ within a landscape that is being …
Earth’s vegetation is changing faster today than it has over the last 18,000 years
MADISON – A global survey of fossil pollen has discovered that the planet’s vegetation is changing at least as quickly today as it did when the last ice sheets retreated around 10,000 years ago. Beginning …
Driven by Earth’s orbit, climate changes in Africa may have aided human migration
In 1961, John Kutzbach, then a recent college graduate, was stationed in France as an aviation weather forecaster for the U.S. Air Force. There, he found himself exploring the storied caves of Dordogne, including the …
Danish Parliament discusses sustainability, security during visit to UW–Madison
Climate change and national defense took center stage as members of the Danish Parliament joined students and the UW–Madison community on September 19 to discuss the future of Danish transatlantic relations. The group discussed connections …