Category: Research
Brazilian beef industry moves to reduce its destruction of rain forests
by Kelly April Tyrrell, UW Communications Expansion of cattle pastures has led to the destruction of huge swaths of rain forest in Brazil, home to…
As the river rises: Cahokia’s emergence and decline linked to Mississippi River flooding
by Kelly Tyrell, UW Communications As with rivers, civilizations across the world rise and fall. Sometimes, the rise and fall of rivers has something to…
Plowing prairies for grains: Biofuel crops replace grasslands nationwide
Clearing grasslands to make way for biofuels may seem counterproductive, but University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers show in a recent study that crops, including the corn and…
Study shows Brazil’s Soy Moratorium still needed to preserve Amazon
by Kelly April Tyrrell, UW Communications Today, fewer chicken nuggets can trace their roots to cleared Amazon rain forest. In 2006, following a report from…
Day awarded NSF grant for disseration research
Geography PhD candidate Cathy Day has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant for her dissertation research. Day’s interests center around how climate change influences agricultural systems…
Two Ph.D. students receive Fulbright Fellowships for Southeast Asia research
Two UW-Madison Geography graduate students have received 2014-15 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program awards by the U.S. Department of Education. Both recipients are conducting research…
No one-size-fits-all approach in a changing climate, changing land
Researchers say they looked at the combined effects of land use decisions and climate change because, while there are many studies of each, the two…
Marín-Spiotta and Mason soil carbon research on NSF Science Now
NSF Science Now spotlights the soil carbon research of Profs. Erika Marín-Spiotta & Joe Mason and former Ph.D. student, Nina Trautmann Chaopricha. For more about their recent research findings, see this…
Buried fossil soils found to be awash in carbon
by Terry Devitt, UW Communications Soils that formed on the Earth’s surface thousands of years ago and that are now deeply buried features of vanished…
Next wave of research: Ecology, super-sized
by David Tenenbaum, UW Communications The University of Wisconsin-Madison, home of pioneering ecologists who studied lakes, forests, wetlands and prairies, is playing a key role…
