When El Niño approaches, driven by warm Pacific Ocean waters, we’ve come to expect both drenching seasonal rains in the southern United States and drought in the […]

In 1909, the German chemist Fritz Haber sparked an agricultural revolution. Using enormous pressures and high temperatures, he had learned how to efficiently transform nitrogen, so abundant in […]

2020 has been a time of expanded visibility of—and appreciation for—global public health efforts, a year when people have been paying attention to the complex […]

Potatoes are a widely-loved vegetable. Baked, mashed, fried or chipped, they are a tasty treat. But they aren’t perfect. Potatoes present a big challenge for […]

The connection seems obvious: more rain means higher water levels. But it’s not always that simple. Many factors are at play, so it’s often a […]

Note: This is a modified version of the original news release, changed with permission from the University of Minnesota, the lead institution on the grant. A […]

During certain stretches of the growing season, potato growers must monitor the nitrogen status of their crop on a regular basis in order to fertilize […]

When it comes to climate change, University of Wisconsin­–Madison forest and wildlife ecology Professor Ben Zuckerberg says birds are the proverbial canary in the coal […]

Since the first research project was initiated there in May 1967, the Biotron Laboratory on the west end of campus has been one of a […]

It’s a common late summer sight in south-central Wisconsin: a prairie in bloom, with tall, waving grasses peppered with bursts of yellow, purple, and white. […]