Category: Changing Climate
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Posted on April 3, 2019
CALS offers summer classes about food, ag and science for all interested learners
Summer Term isn’t just for UW–Madison students. While taking summer classes is a great way for current UW students to get ahead in their studies, […]
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Posted on April 1, 2019
UW–Madison CALS featured in new report identifying how to supercharge ag science in the U.S.
A new report shows how U.S. farmers—facing a surge of weather events and disease outbreaks—can increase production and revenues with innovations produced by federally funded […]
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Posted on February 27, 2019
Climate change in microcosm: Research in a state wildlife area reveals how animals struggle with and adapt to an environment in flux
Jon Pauli is perched in the passenger seat of a mud-spattered Ford F-250. His ceramic mug brims with coffee as graduate student Evan Wilson guides the truck, loaded […]
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Posted on February 25, 2019
As climate heats up, rising rainfall averages hide crop-killing droughts
Research performed in the Ethiopian highlands shows that even in years with above average rainfall, crops can be severely reduced by drought early in the […]
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Posted on January 28, 2019
Controlled burn: Thea Whitman digs into questions of soil, carbon and biochar that could determine the trajectory of climate change
In a small utility room in UW–Madison’s Animal Science Building, the world’s smallest and most precise forest fire is burning. The fuel today: 100 grams […]
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Posted on January 24, 2019
As climate heats up, rising rainfall averages hide crop-killing droughts
Research performed in the Ethiopian highlands shows that even in years with above average rainfall, crops can be severely reduced by drought early in the […]
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Posted on November 8, 2018
Woodland hawks flock to urban buffet
For the nearly 35 million Americans who faithfully stock their feeders to attract songbirds, an increasingly common sight is a hawk feeding on the birds […]
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Posted on June 12, 2018
Heavier rains and manure mean more algae blooms
On June 6, 2018, the Center for Limnology reported that a toxic algae bloomhad begun to spread across Lake Mendota. It quickly led to the closure […]
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Posted on April 4, 2018
Checking the gas: From barn to field, researcher follows dairy cows’ greenhouse gas footprints
Sometimes dairy scientist Michel Wattiaux approaches his research like a cop at a traffic stop. He uses a breath analyzer to check for problematic products […]
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Posted on December 8, 2017
The “Icing” on the DNA: Xuehua Zhong uses plants to study epigenetics
Xuehua Zhong, an assistant professor of genetics, studies epigenetics, a growing area of research focused on how chemical tags on DNA can change the expression […]