University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: Climate Change

Qunying Huang uses AI and machine learning to make predictions — and save lives

This article, by Rodrigo Cuellar, is part of a series highlighting members of the Office of Sustainability’s Experts Database. In a collaboration with instructor Hannah Monroe’s course, LSC 561: Writing Science for the Public, students interviewed campus sustainability experts and produced short feature stories. AI, or artificial intelligence, is an increasingly common subject, but many …

Systems modeling, electrification, and equitable energy access: A look into Morgan Edwards’s Climate Action Lab

This article, by Joie Ling, is part of a series highlighting members of the Office of Sustainability’s Experts Database. In a collaboration with instructor Hannah Monroe’s course, LSC 561: Writing Science for the Public, students interviewed campus sustainability experts and produced short feature stories. Walking around during graduate school at MIT, Morgan Edwards, who is …

Ankur Desai’s research benefits both local farmers and the International Panel on Climate Change

This article, by Zach Thomas, is part of a series highlighting members of the Office of Sustainability’s Experts Database. In a collaboration with instructor Hannah Monroe’s course, LSC 561: Writing Science for the Public, students interviewed campus sustainability experts and produced short feature stories.  As the world makes plans to mitigate and adapt to a …

How do we make sense of sense? For Noah Feinstein, the answer is plural.

This article, by Chelsea Severin, is part of a series highlighting members of the Office of Sustainability’s Experts Database. In a collaboration with instructor Hannah Monroe’s course, LSC 561: Writing Science for the Public, students interviewed campus sustainability experts and produced short feature stories.  Dr. Noah Feinstein is worried about climate change.   “Lots of academics …

Emotion, rather than information, influences climate denial, Lyn Van Swol’s research finds

This article, by Dinesh Baskaran, is part of a series highlighting members of the Office of Sustainability’s Experts Database. In a collaboration with instructor Hannah Monroe’s course, LSC 561: Writing Science for the Public, students interviewed campus sustainability experts and produced short feature stories. Accessing knowledge has become increasingly easy in recent decades. Scientific facts …

Feng He’s research looks “to reproduce past climate change to predict the future”

This article, by Matheus Pupo, is part of a series highlighting members of the Office of Sustainability’s Experts Database. In a collaboration with instructor Hannah Monroe’s course, LSC 561: Writing Science for the Public, students interviewed campus sustainability experts and produced short feature stories.   Venice—a city renowned for its intricate canal system—faces increasingly frequent …

For Gregory Nemet, hope for the climate’s future may just come from the past

This article, by Bryce Johnson, is part of a series highlighting members of the Office of Sustainability’s Experts Database. In a collaboration with instructor Hannah Monroe’s course, LSC 561: Writing Science for the Public, students interviewed campus sustainability experts and produced short feature stories.  Many Americans look to the future to solve climate change, whether …

Diego Román’s research on how multilingual communities experience climate change comes “from a place of humbleness”

This article, by Sarah Matysiak, is part of a series highlighting members of the Office of Sustainability’s Experts Database. In a collaboration with instructor Hannah Monroe’s course, LSC 561: Writing Science for the Public, students interviewed campus sustainability experts and produced short feature stories.  Growing up in Quito, Ecuador’s bustling capital city of 1.7 million …

“To meet people where they are at”: Audrey Stanton’s research studies the benefits of work-from-home

This article, by Changhao Yan, is part of a series highlighting members of the Office of Sustainability’s Experts Database. In a collaboration with instructor Madeline Fisher’s course, LSC 561: Writing Science for the Public, students interviewed campus sustainability experts and produced short feature stories.  As climate change intensifies, scientists are calling for action to protect …

Bird, Tree, and Me: Resolutions for the Climate Crisis

This essay, by Scott Hershberger, is one of three winners of the 2023 Sustainability Writing Awards hosted by the Office of Sustainability. You can read more about Scott here. Due to its innovative formatting, we have uploaded this essay in PDF format below.  Read Scott’s essay in PDF format.