by Zita Sárközi Our planet’s climate is warming faster than ever before and exceeds known paleoclimate rates of climate change.1 This rapid shift disrupts the delicate balance that allows plants and animals to thrive. As …
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Emerging Technology in Air Pollution Sensors: EPA Wildland Fire Sensors Challenge
by Takunda Masikeedited by Alicia McGeachy California’s autumn 2018 Camp Fire wildfire was the deadliest and most destructive fire in the state’s history and the deadliest wildfire in the US in the past century.1,2 Eighty-five …
Nanotechnology and Climate Change: Finding Connections
by Cathy Murphy A couple of weeks ago I was fortunate enough to go the Hanse Institute for Advanced Study (“HWK”) in Delmenhorst, Germany, for a round-table discussion called “Finding Common Ground: Interdisciplinary Teaching of …
Digging Deep: Celebrating the Gem Beneath Our Feet
by Ian Gunsolus edited by Mimi Hang and Ariane Vartanian Did you know that there are nearly 70,000 different types of soil in the United States?1 With the abundance of natural beauty that we see …
Exhortations for Responsible Action*
by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri Professor of Chemistry The William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea Director, Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy Department of Chemistry University of Wisconsin-Madison It was a privilege and a …