Tag: climate change
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Posted on October 23, 2024
Carbon Capture via Pasture
In Can Farms Pull Carbon from Sky to Soil? (Grow, summer 2023), Hal Conick highlighted the early stages of an ongoing long-term study by […]
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Posted on July 1, 2024
The Secrets of Cold Weather Soil Unearthed
When hydrology engineer Anita Thompson was growing up in Minnesota, she knew what to expect from winter. The temperatures would drop below freezing around […]
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Five Considerations for Plant Hardiness Zones (and Your Garden)
Plant hardiness zones are used to determine if a plant can thrive in a given climate — and your own backyard. The USDA Plant […]
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‘More Complicated Than Launching a Rocket’
When Min Chen first checked out Google Earth, the tech giant’s highly detailed digital globe, he was totally blown away. And the moment he […]
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Posted on March 8, 2024
Art Brings Understanding
Communicating science to a general audience can be challenging. Successfully conveying research on polarizing topics such as climate change can be even more difficult. […]
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Five Features of the Secret Ecosystem Under the Snow
At first glance, the winter landscape in Wisconsin can appear relatively lifeless. But life is out there — in many places. For example, beneath […]
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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 […]