Category: Changing Climate
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Posted on December 22, 2015
Bird habitat changing quickly as climate change proceeds
The climatic conditions needed by 285 species of land birds in the United States have moved rapidly between 1950 and 2011 as a result of […]
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Posted on September 29, 2015
Heat waves hit heat islands hardest
Extreme summers like that of 2012 — which saw record temperatures in cities across the U.S. — may be atypical, but experts say they will […]
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Posted on March 27, 2015
Study finds that climate change is hurting soybean yields
Even during good years, our nation’s soybean farmers are, in essence, taking a loss. That’s because changes in weather patterns have been eating into their […]
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Soybeans and changing climate – Audio
/RSS FeedShawn Conley, Extension Wheat and Soybean Agronomist Department of Agronomy UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (608) 262-7975 spconley@wisc.edu Soybeans adapting to a variable […]
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Posted on March 3, 2015
Munching bugs thwart eager trees, reducing the carbon sink
In a high carbon dioxide world, the trees would come out ahead. Except for the munching bugs. A new study published on March 2, 2015 […]
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Posted on February 17, 2015
To the ends of the earth
In April 2011, James Bockheim led a small team of researchers to a rocky spit of land called Cierva Point, a habitat protected by the […]
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Posted on December 22, 2014
Muddy forests, shorter winters present challenges for loggers
Stable, frozen ground has long been recognized a logger’s friend, capable of supporting equipment and trucks in marshy or soggy forests. Now, a comprehensive look […]
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Posted on October 23, 2014
When the isthmus is an island: Madison’s hottest, and coldest, spots
As Dane County begins the long slide into winter and the days become frostier this fall, three spots stake their claim as the chilliest in […]
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Posted on October 16, 2014
Climate change alters the cast of winter birds
Over the past two decades, the resident communities of birds that attend eastern North America’s backyard bird feeders in winter have quietly been remade, most […]
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Posted on August 18, 2014
No one-size-fits-all approach in a changing climate, changing land
As climate change alters habitats for birds and bees and everything in between, so too does the way humans decide to use land. Researchers at […]
