Category: Changing Climate
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Posted on June 30, 2023
From hardship to hope: Team from CALS and Extension cultivates communities that can contend with farm stress together
Leon Statz used to get stressed about almost everything on his Sauk County farm. He worried about the weather, the bills, the crops. And when […]
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Posted on June 8, 2023
Clearer picture of watershed quality helps people put dollar values on improvements
It may be easy to argue that cleaning up a river is inherently good, but it’s far harder to put a monetary value on the […]
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Posted on May 17, 2023
Horticulture department serves up a satiating course on Indigenous foodways
On a frigid February afternoon, around 60 UW students gather near Dejope Residence Hall on the west end of campus. Their modern gear protects them […]
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Posted on March 27, 2023
Weather station network to expand across Wisconsin, aiding farmers and others
A new era for weather data in Wisconsin is on the horizon, thanks to an effort at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Wisconsin weather has become […]
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Posted on March 3, 2023
Americans put carbon on a diet
Every choice we make as consumers has a climate impact. It’s often measured in terms of a “carbon footprint” — that is, the amount of […]
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Posted on January 20, 2023
Once and future wildfires: Jed Meunier, CALS alum and great-grandson of Aldo Leopold, is changing perceptions of infernos
On a blustery spring day, Jed Meunier MS’05 and his team are climbing Wisconsin’s Castle Rock bluff, searching for treasure. From the outside, the gnarled […]
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Posted on December 16, 2022
Grassland 2.0 learning hub helps Driftless community envision grassland-based agriculture
On a fall day in the Driftless, 32 people gathered at Branches Winery to explore the current and future state of agriculture in the region. […]
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Posted on December 10, 2022
Renewable fuel policy refresh?
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a critical step in mitigating climate change. One way to do this is to expand renewable fuels, which can also […]
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Posted on December 2, 2022
Cold hard science in the heart of cranberry country
In early March of 2017, Nicole Hansen found herself kneeling in a cranberry bed, drilling into the soil to check the amount of frost in […]
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Posted on October 31, 2022
Horticulture department serves up satiating course on Indigenous foodways
On a frigid February afternoon, around 60 UW–Madison students in Horticulture 380 – Indigenous Foodways: Food and Seed Sovereignty gathered around a campfire near campus’ […]