Category: Changing Climate
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Posted on August 19, 2024
Most humans can’t multitask to save their lives. But these microbes can.
We often look to the smallest life-forms for help solving the biggest problems: Microbes can make foods and beverages, cure diseases, treat waste, and even […]
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Posted on July 31, 2024
This app hits the tar spot: Researchers create mobile software to help farmers fight devastating corn disease
Tar spot, a disease of corn plants caused by the fungus Phyllachora maydis, has been causing problems in Mexico since the 1910s, but it stayed out […]
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Posted on July 8, 2024
Wolves reintroduced to Isle Royale temporarily affect other carnivores, humans have influence as well
In a rare opportunity to study carnivores before and after wolves were reintroduced to their ranges, researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison found that the […]
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Former CALS dean Leo Walsh, professor emeritus of soil science, dies at 93
Leo Walsh, an emeritus professor of soil science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison who served as dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences […]
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Posted on June 20, 2024
UW–Madison Agricultural Research Station field days for 2024 season
Summer is field day season at the UW–Madison CALS Agricultural Research Stations. Over the course of the growing season, the stations host more than a […]
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Posted on May 3, 2024
Five features of the secret ecosystem under the snow
At first glance, the winter landscape in Wisconsin can appear relatively lifeless. But life is out there — in many places. For example, beneath the […]
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Posted on April 11, 2024
Extinction of Species class offers insights into global biodiversity, threats and solutions
Our world is vast and brimming with an array of creatures. It can be challenging to think about what goes on outside our own neighborhoods, […]
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Our Planet, Our Health course gives students an expansive picture of human health
As an introduction to global health, the UW Summer Term course Our Planet, Our Health certainly lives up to its name. It doesn’t just introduce […]
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Posted on March 18, 2024
Dairy Innovation Hub partners to support research to reduce cattle methane emissions
It’s easy to ruminate over methane when thinking about dairy and its challenges. Dairy cattle are an essential piece of Wisconsin’s $45.6 billion dairy community, […]
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New research finds boreal arctic wetlands are producing more methane over time
Scientists have been measuring global methane emissions for decades, but the boreal arctic —with a wide range of biomes including wetlands that extend across the […]