Category: Healthy Ecosystems
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Posted on January 6, 2011
New sustainability project to focus on links between water system and human, landscape factors
An interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is turning a comprehensive lens on Madison’s water in all its forms — […]
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Posted on January 3, 2011
Soil, permafrost and climate change
Jim Bockheim, a UW-Madison soil scientist, studies carbon-rich soils in the Arctic and Antarctic, in hopes of better understanding how much carbon dioxide they will […]
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Posted on December 20, 2010
Teri Balser accepts U.S. Professor of the Year award
In her acceptance speech, soil scientist Teri Balser discusses her teaching approach.
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Posted on December 1, 2010
New treatments protect Christmas trees from ‘Grinch’ grub
Across northern Wisconsin, many of the state’s Christmas tree growers struggle to protect their trees from an insect pest known as the white grub, which […]
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Posted on November 15, 2010
GreenHouse Residential Learning Community helps students move toward sustainability
Though enticing, the food spread across the tables is only part of the point of this meal. The two dozen students at this Global Food […]
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Posted on October 18, 2010
Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Climate Change
Stanley Temple explains how climate change is disrupting the integrity of ecological communities.
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Posted on October 8, 2010
Chris Kucharik
Kucharik is an assistant professor of agronomy with joint appointments in CALS and the Nelson Institute Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment. His areas […]
- Posted on October 7, 2010
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Posted on October 6, 2010
Freshman bioenergy course offered for first time
For the first time ever, UW-Madison’s First-Year Interest Group (FIG) program is offering a bioenergy course this fall. Through a new partnership between the Wisconsin […]
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Posted on October 5, 2010
POET executive to headline discussion on cellulosic ethanol production
Built on a foundation of grain-based production, the cellulosic ethanol industry is poised for strong growth in the United States. During his keynote address at […]