Patz Presents on Planetary Health
"Treatment for Today's Climate Emergency Can Save Way More Lives Than We Ever Imagined"
Cattle Laundering in Brazilian Amazon
Gibbs Lab finds that hard-to-monitor cattle trade sparks increased burning of forest.
Health Costs of Climate Change
U.S. climate-related events in 2012 cause over $10 billion in health-related costs.
How Solar Energy Became Cheap
Greg Nemet's new book tells the story of solar: the long road to economic viability and the lessons learned that could speed the progress of other low-carbon technology.
Latest News
November 20, 2020
Holloway Study Puts MGE Net-Zero Carbon Goal on Path to Limit Global Warming
The study used climate modeling conducted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and compared MGE’s goals to modeled, warming-limiting pathways for the electricity sector in industrialized nations.
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November 18, 2020
Holloway MGE Study Featured in Wisconsin State Journal
Findings show Madison Gas and Electric’s goal of eliminating carbon emissions by 2050 aligns with what is needed to avoid the worst impact of climate change.
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Latest Publications
2020 · IMC '20: Proceedings of the ACM Internet Measurement Conference
Five Alarms: Assessing the Vulnerability of US Cellular Communication Infrastructure to Wildfires
2020 · EcoEvoRxiv
A call to action: Understanding land use-induced zoonotic spillover to protectenvironmental, animal, and human health
2020 · Land Use Policy
Protecting our prairies: Research and policy actions for conserving America’s grasslands