Stories indexed under: Environment

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  • Workshop to focus on policy innovation for environmental, economic gain May 29, 2007 How can the U.S. and the European Union find solutions to environmental problems while also supporting the economy? Eight Europeans with expertise in creating and using new policies to meet 21st century environmental and economic challenges will be in Madison June 19 at Monona Terrace as part of an open-to-the-public "international dialogue on ecological policy" co-sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Portion of Lake Ripley map Students create new environmental strategy for Lake Ripley May 17, 2007 With the help of University of Wisconsin-Madison students, communities around Lake Ripley in southeastern Wisconsin are among the first in the state to use an innovative social strategy known as community-based social marketing, or CBSM, to deal with an environmental problem.
  • Two students to lead sustainability bus tour this summer May 16, 2007 Two students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, along with 11 other students and recent graduates from around the country, are going to live on a bus this summer.
  • Satellite image of Lake Mendota Resident bacteria may help clean phosphorous from lakes May 2, 2007 UW-Madison engineer Katherine McMahon is integrating her expertise in wastewater engineering and in biological systems to study the bacterial community in different eutrophied lakes — two in Madison and one in China — to learn more about how those bacteria affect phosphorus cycling in the lakes.
  • Aerial photo of Lake Mendota Lake districts serve as prisms of environmental change April 24, 2007 Two vastly different Wisconsin lake districts - one in a dynamic agricultural and urban setting, the other in a forested and much less developed region of the state - are proving their value as sentinels of regional environmental change, according to a new report.
  • Abrupt climate change more common than believed March 30, 2007 It came on quickly and then lasted nearly two decades, eventually killing more than one million people and affecting 50 million more. All of this makes the Sahel drought, which first struck West Africa in the late 1960s, the most notorious example of an abrupt climatic shift during the last century.
  • Mercury contamination of fish warrants worldwide public warning March 8, 2007 The health risks posed by mercury-contaminated fish is sufficient to warrant issuing a worldwide general warning to the public-especially children and women of childbearing age-to be careful about how much and which fish they eat.
  • Top state officials to discuss Wisconsin’s environment Dec. 5, 2006 Four members of Gov. Jim Doyle’s cabinet whose agencies handle a broad spectrum of environmental and resource management concerns will discuss the environment at a free public forum at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, in the Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium, 816 State St.
  • New York Times environment reporter to speak Nov. 15, 2006 New York Times environment reporter Andrew Revkin will give a free public lecture at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20, in the Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium.
  • Study: Put a price tag on environmental services Oct. 13, 2006 The pressing issues of an increasingly strained global environment require a broad societal response - including the systematic assignment of monetary value to the services nature provides such as water purification and climate regulation, according to an assessment of the findings of a study of the health of the world's ecosystems.
  • EcoHealth One conference to explore global health, environment Sept. 25, 2006 Nearly 300 people from around the world will gather October 6-10 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the program "EcoHealth One," the first international conference of a newly expanded consortium of human and wildlife health experts, ecologists, conservation biologists, and social scientists exploring the links between ecology and our health.
  • Study shows hope for ridding lakes of clawed invader July 31, 2006 A University of Wisconsin-Madison study shows that the rusty crayfish, long seen as a bully in Wisconsin lakes, may be vulnerable to a "double whammy" of intensive trapping and predator fish manipulation to the point where it may be possible to rid lakes of the animal that has vexed scientists, anglers and conservation agencies alike for decades.
  • Symposium explores 'clean' energy sources April 28, 2006 Notable energy experts from across the United States and as far away as France will consider energy-production impacts and choices at a symposium hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Lake restrictions make lakeshore property more valuable Feb. 16, 2004 People are willing to pay more to live on a lake that's protected from degradation, often related to lakeshore development.
  • Animal model answers questions about environment Jan. 28, 2004 Birds were dying on an island off the coast of Florida, and people didn't know why. A group of conservationists wondered if the culprit might be a pesticide sprayed into the air to wipe out mosquitoes. The explanation quickly came from an unlikely source in Wisconsin.
  • Gene barrier could boost farming, environment Oct. 12, 2000 Working with teosinte, a wild cousin of maize, a university scientist has found a molecular barrier that, bred into modern hybrid corn, is capable of completely locking out foreign genes, including those from genetically modified corn.