Tag: climate change
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Posted on November 2, 2023
Five Energizing Facts About Agrivoltaics
In the quest to combat climate change, the idea of using agricultural landscapes in the Midwest to support renewable energy production has focused primarily […]
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Broad Experience, Sharp Focus
Rosalie Powell BSx’24 has taken full advantage of her college experience, embracing everything that UW has to offer — from coursework and research to […]
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Posted on October 18, 2022
Once and Future Wildfires
On a blustery spring day, Jed Meunier MS’05 and his team are climbing Wisconsin’s Castle Rock bluff, searching for treasure. From the outside, the […]
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Americans Put Carbon on a Diet
Every choice we make as consumers has a climate impact. It’s often measured in terms of a “carbon footprint” — that is, the amount […]
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Posted on April 29, 2022
Adaptable Aspens
Watching paint dry has nothing on watching a forest grow. That achingly long wait has always made it challenging to study how forests adapt […]
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Posted on October 17, 2018
Climate Change in Microcosm
Jon Pauli is perched in the passenger seat of a mud-spattered Ford F-250. His ceramic mug brims with coffee as graduate student Evan Wilson guides […]
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Posted on June 19, 2014
Of Cows and Climate
CALS researchers are leading a far-reaching effort to gather information about greenhouse gases related to dairy—and to give farmers and other industry professionals the tools they need to reduce them.
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Posted on October 12, 2012
Coping with the Climate
For Wisconsin farmers dealing with wild swings in weather, adaptation is the key.