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  3. August 2022

August 2022

UW–Madison Researchers Awarded $2.3 Million to Develop a Carbon-Negative Cement Replacement

Posted on August 11, 2022

The goal is a durable and versatile building material that permanently stores carbon dioxide through a process that pulls more carbon out of the air than is emitted.

Posted in August 2022

UW-Madison Geography Students Share Appleton International Airport’s Sustainability Story

Posted on August 11, 2022

Geography 309 partnered with UniverCity Alliance to connect students with communities.

Posted in August 2022, News

Assigned Reading: Ankur Desai

Posted on August 11, 2022

What does a weather and climate expert read for fun? Professor Ankur Desai shares his recommendations.

Posted in August 2022

Great Lakes Coastal Communities and Ecology at Risk from Warming Climate

Posted on August 9, 2022

Climate change is stressing all ecosystems. Protecting coastal habitats and habitat restorations can build climate resiliency into our ecosystems.

Posted in August 2022

EC Student Aspires to a Role in Conservation Planning Despite Facing Adversity

Posted on August 2, 2022

Nelson Institute environmental conservation (EC) master’s student Carrie Lovelace has persevered through some of life’s toughest challenges while completing her degree.

Posted in August 2022, Environmental Conservation, News

The “Jalisconsin Idea”

Posted on July 26, 2022

In June, UW alumnus and visiting Nelson Institute professor Eduardo Santana Castellón was presented with the Environmental Merit Award from the Jalisco (Mexico) State Congress.

Posted in August 2022, News

Nuclear Fallout: From the Sky to the Sea

Posted on July 15, 2022

Blocked out sunlight, crop failure, and … sinking oceans? Elizabeth Maroon, faculty member in the Nelson Institute’s Center for Climatic Research, discusses the threat that nuclear war poses to the planet’s oceans.

Posted in August 2022, ccr, News

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