Stories indexed under: Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

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• Publication tells how climate change data affect natural resource decisions Feb. 26, 2013 A wide array of natural and human systems are feeling the effects of Wisconsin's changing climate. But the state is adapting in a variety of ways to a warmer, wetter climate that is projected to see more frequent droughts, heat waves and heavy rainfalls by mid-century.
• Public opinion of wolves could influence hunt outcome Nov. 15, 2012 Illegal wolf kills typically spike during gun deer season, says UW-Madison environmental studies professor Adrian Treves, whether due to a sense of competition, fear, or simply increased opportunity.
• Climate expert: Record loss of arctic ice could impact Wisconsin Sept. 21, 2012 Ice covering the Arctic Ocean melted to the smallest areal extent ever recorded this year, falling to 1.3 million square miles at its lowest point on Sept. 16, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. That's less than half of the normal area covered by ice at summer's end.
• Growth field: Environmental studies a “college major with a future” Sept. 14, 2012 For the second year in a row, a leading magazine has named environmental studies a "hot" college major and singled out UW-Madison for its undergraduate programs in this growing field.
• Extreme heat raises climate change questions, concerns July 5, 2012 The recent heat wave baking much of the country has prompted many people to ask: Is this due to climate change?
• War-related climate change would substantially reduce crop yields July 2, 2012 Though worries about “nuclear winter” have faded since the end of the Cold War, existing stockpiles of nuclear weapons still hold the potential for devastating global impacts. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Rutgers University have found that the climate effects of a hypothetical nuclear war between India and Pakistan would greatly reduce yields of staple crops, even in distant countries.
• Two honored with McDowell Alumni Achievement Awards May 7, 2012 The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Multicultural Student Center will name John Francis and Kabzuag Vaj as the 2012 honorees of the McDowell Alumni Achievement Award at this year's Multicultural Leadership Awards and Graduation Celebration.
• UW welcomes new Nelson Institute director April 24, 2012 Paul Robbins, the director of the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona, has been named director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Earth Day conference to explore growth, happiness April 3, 2012 Economic growth, consumption, sustainability and happiness will be explored during the sixth annual Nelson Institute Earth Day conference on Monday, April 16, at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison.
• Film festival finds environmental stories in unexpected places March 7, 2012 From Cold War bunkers in Albania to the night skies over Manhattan, Tales from Planet Earth will offer a broad - and often surprising - exploration of the environment.
• Office of Sustainability launches at UW-Madison March 7, 2012 The UW-Madison Office of Sustainability, which grew out of the campuswide Sustainability Initiative, will officially launch on Friday, March 9, with an event at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
• Nelson Institute awarded UW-Madison’s first S-STEM grant from NSF March 2, 2012 The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies has been awarded UW-Madison's first-ever National Science Foundation S-STEM grant for undergraduate scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
• Does history repeat? Using the past to improve ecological forecasting Feb. 20, 2012 To better predict the future, Jack Williams is looking to the past.
• Proposed hunt poorly designed, says UW wolf expert Feb. 20, 2012
• Student sustainability competition a springboard for local development, global solutions Feb. 15, 2012 The contest is in its fourth year and open to all UW-Madison undergraduate and graduate students. Previously known as the Climate Leadership Challenge, the competition has been renamed the Global Stewards Sustainability Prize to reflect a broader focus on real-world solutions to sustainability.
• UW–Madison names finalists for Nelson Institute director Feb. 14, 2012 UW-Madison has named three finalists for the director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.
• John Francis: Silent no more Dec. 20, 2011 Visiting professor John Francis’s journey to the front of the classroom has been filled with twists and turns.
• For Midwesterners, more boxcars mean cleaner air Dec. 8, 2011 Shifting a fraction of truck-borne freight onto trains would have an outsized impact on air quality in the Midwest, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
• Snow in the Rockies, dry summers in the Southwest? Dec. 6, 2011 New simulations of summer rains in the arid American Southwest show that they are influenced by the previous winter's snowpack in the Rocky Mountains.
• Increased use of bikes for commuting offers economic, health benefits Nov. 2, 2011 Cutting out short auto trips and replacing them with mass transit and active transport would yield major health benefits, according to a study just published in the scientific journal Environmental Health Perspectives.