Depending on where it’s from, your next steak could come with a side of illegal deforestation.
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UW’s Tracey Holloway elected to National Academy of Medicine
Tracey Holloway, atmospheric scientist and professor in the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine in recognition of her leadership in initiatives to connect climate with health.
Rising Waters
Wisconsin’s Koshkonong Creek and its communities have been in deep water in recent years due to increased flooding.
Solutions, Not Problems
If he’s being honest, Paul Robbins isn’t in love with the cover of his newest book.
The Stories Not Told
In 2017, the country watched history horrifically repeated itself: Nazi and Ku Klux Klan emblems blazed as a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, turned deadly.
A Rendezvous to Remember
It was a night to remember as the Nelson community gathered for the first in-person Rendezvous event since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Joy Trip Reading Project Fall Book List
“Who gets to use our nation’s wild places? Who is welcome in the parks?
Director’s Cut: Michael Notaro
I would like to introduce myself as the new director of the Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research (CCR).
Engineering Sustainability
If you were part of the Nelson Institute anytime in the past decade or so, chances are you’ve heard of — or perhaps attended — a Weston Roundtable Series lecture.
Q & A: Meet Zac Freedman
“Can I just start by saying, I mean, this is a dream job for me!”
Ankur Desai Honored with Mid-Career Award
Ankur Desai, an affiliate of the Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research and professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences (AOS) in the College of Letters and Science, was recently awarded the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) 2022 Joanne Simpson Medal for Mid-Career Scientists — one of the highest honors bestowed by AGU.
MWCASC Hosts First Annual Meeting at UW-Madison
On August 26–27, 2022, the University of Wisconsin–Madison hosted the first annual gathering of the USGS Midwest Climate Adaption Science Center (MWCASC) where over 90 individuals from across the Midwest met to share research, discuss management priorities, and provide training and professional development for students and post-docs.
The Business of Forests
It was hard to keep Nelson Institute environmental observation informatics (EOI) MS grad Alex Ramos away from his hometown of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada when the opportunity to turn his passion into a full-time career came knocking.
Enlightening Lightning
Lightning storms, lightning bugs, Lightning McQueen — the sky’s electrostatic discharge has been the stuff of entertainment and legend for time immemorial.
Living History
On June 20, 2022, a small flotilla could be seen off the southwest shoreline of Teewąąšikhomįik, He Who Lies There (English name, Lake Mendota). The air was still, as was the water, while the group …
Creating a Cleaner Future
Sustainability came into Ashok Sarkar PhD’97’s consciousness on a roof on a New Delhi summer night.
Sharing Credit Where Credit Is Due
When Robert Ribe was 17 years old, his mother handed him a book.
The Connector
Margaret Krome finds connections everywhere.
Extreme Heat and Drought in Wisconsin
The Nelson Institute Issue Brief is a quarterly publication that summarizes and conveys up-to-date scholarship from across the UW–Madison campus on key issues of environmental concern.
Leave No Trace
Every summer, typically at the start of August, downtown Madison’s sidewalks transform into junkyards — or, perhaps, thrift stores for the Hippie Christmas devout.
From the Catbird Seat
Megan’s special place was a tree. It was a big, old elm in Warner Park, where she spent the afternoons with Bird Buddies, her after-school group.
In the Shadow of the Old
“We’re building the new in the shadow of the old,” Keefe Keeley MS’14, PhD’21 mused as we meandered about the fields and woodlands of the Savanna Institute’s North Farm, five miles from Spring Green, Wisconsin.
New Faculty Q & A: Becky Larson
It’s a messy business, manure, but it’s one that Becky Larson tromps through with grace.
Making Freight Sustainable
Nelson Institute undergraduate student Zebulon Grove sees a hopeful future for sustainability in business practices.
Director’s Cut
I am writing to introduce myself as the new director of CHE. It is a very great privilege to take over responsibility for an organization that plays such a vibrant role in the life of …