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Photo: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (Other) It’s a climate cliché to say the world is on fire, but it is. Right now, wildfires are burning across the Midwest in a major spring burn. The spring flames there are a warning sign of what could be an active fire season out in the coming months. Advertisement In Wisconsin, Gov. Tony Evers declared a state of emergency on Monday in response to the state’s elevated wildfire risk. According to a Sunday press release from Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources, the majority of the state was facing “very high fire danger” ove...

Climate change mitigation is an economic opportunity MONROE COUNTY - According to Dr. Dan Vimont of the Director of the UW-Madison Center for Climatic Research, we are “never going back to the climate we had in the 20thcentury.” Vimont spoke to members of the Monroe County Climate Change Task Force at their January meeting. The planet crossed the 400 parts-per-million (ppm) threshold for levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere in November of 2015. Since then, levels have continued to rise precipitously, measured at 415 ppm in 2020. When asked about the much-discus...

Pandemic-related research initiative receives strong campus response The high volume of applications submitted to a recent Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education initiative underscores the serious impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison last spring. The OVCRGE received 110 applications for the Pandemic-Affected Research Continuation Initiative and will support 70. Funded projects come from across campus and represent each of the four research divisions. Last spring, some researchers were faced with spending down the...