University of Wisconsin–Madison
For the past decade, professor Ankur Desai has been working with collaborators from across the country to study the uptake and emission of carbon in northern Wisconsin’s forests, wetlands and lakes.
From an improved online undergraduate course on climate change, atmospheric sciences professor Steve Ackerman and outreach specialist Margaret Mooney have leveraged their efforts into a massive open online course (MOOC) that is reaching thousands of learners throughout Wisconsin and beyond.
March 12, 2015 | by Kelly April Tyrrell Jane Collins, a professor of community & environmental sociology and gender and women’s studies, and a faculty affiliate of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, has been chosen for a prestigious Hilldale Award, an annual recognition for University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty members that dates back to 1987.
In a study published March 9 in Nature Chemistry, UW–Madison chemistry professor Kyoung-Shin Choi presents a new approach to combine solar energy conversion and biomass conversion, two important research areas for renewable energy.
Food insecurity has implications for health, community stability and local economies, and an interdisciplinary team of UW–Madison researchers has launched a project to study ways to boost the availability and consumption of healthy food in urban communities.
While the $35 billion U.S. organic industry continues to expand at a brisk pace, organic grain production is not keeping up with the growing demand for organic livestock feed and value-added food products, according to a new report on Wisconsin organic agriculture.
You can save money by replacing your five most-used standard light bulbs with Energy Star-certified CFL bulbs. If every American did this, as a nation we would save $8 billion in energy costs. Act: Check out Duke Energy Progress’ online resource 100 Ways to Save Energy at Home to learn more about how saving energy goes hand …
Learn: Sometimes recycling is confusing, especially if an item is made up of multiple materials, like a coffee cup. Learn the journey of UW–Madison recycling. If you’re interested in learning more about recycling on campus, check out the Office of Sustainability online recycling guide.