Category: Healthy Ecosystems
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Posted on November 8, 2021
Global Health Gains Momentum
In the spring 2021 issue of Grow, writer Nicole Miller MS’06 introduced readers to the new global health major, through which students explore how […]
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Guardians of Health, Safety, and the Environment
Emily Pedersen BS’11 and Henry Bauman BS’98 know just how quickly our water, air, and picturesque landscapes can be spoiled by human activity. But […]
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Anonymous Gift Strengthens Spooner Station’s Connection to Farmers
In the far northwestern corner of Wisconsin, you’ll find UW’s Spooner Agricultural Research Station (ARS). Specializing in agronomy and horticulture, the Spooner ARS staff […]
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Posted on June 16, 2021
The Race to the Animal Vault
The last known Pyrenean ibex, a wild goat named Celia, died more than two decades ago, the victim of a falling branch. But before […]
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Research Creates Teaching Opportunities
In 2015, genetics professor Francisco Pelegrí launched a course called Developmental Genetics for Conservation and Regeneration that ties directly to his ongoing research program. […]
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Listen to the Forest – and Learn
In the forest, life is often heard before it’s seen. Hikers and hunters are familiar with the creature chorus: cicada trills and tree frog […]
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A View from Space Can Save the Trees
For government agencies and conservation groups, protecting forests can be a tall order. Their resources often don’t allow them to cover the sheer amount […]
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Posted on February 25, 2021
The New Frontiers of Potato Tech
It’s the number one vegetable crop in the United States. Wisconsin happens to be its third largest producer (after Idaho and Washington), with 3.1 […]
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Seven Things Everyone Should Know about . . . Tardigrades
1. Tardigrades are tiny, water-loving animals. They prefer wet environments, and as long as the conditions are right, they can be found all over […]
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A Moveable Feast for Predators
Ecologists at CALS have found that carnivores living near people can get more than half of their diets from human food sources, a major […]
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Posted on October 1, 2020
Of Mutant Wranglers and Slime Whisperers
In 1909, the German chemist Fritz Haber sparked an agricultural revolution. Using enormous pressures and high temperatures, he had learned how to efficiently transform […]
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As Milkweed Goes, So Goes the Monarch
It’s a sweltering August day in 2019. The sun gilds the flowering prairies of southern Wisconsin. Entomology graduate student Skye Harnsberger and her research […]