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UW researchers investigate mining-related deforestation in the Amazon

Posted on June 3, 2021

University of Wisconsin-Madison geography professor and Nelson Institute affiliate, Lisa Naughton led a recent study investigating how formalizing and legalizing gold mining operations might curb their negative environmental effects. The study, published in Environmental Research …

Posted in NewsTagged geography, Nelson Institute

Earth’s vegetation is changing faster today than it has over the last 18,000 years

Posted on May 20, 2021

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 …

Posted in NewsTagged climate change, geography, National Science Foundation

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