Change is coming to the places people love, and it’s getting harder to ignore. Studying how one landscape responds as the climate heats up can help us understand what may happen in places around the world facing similar changes. Renowned forest ecologist Monica Turner and her students know that Yellowstone is a great place to help the public appreciate the magnitude and tempo of climate change. Made for UW–Madison, read more here: https://news.wisc.edu/tomorrows-yellowstone/

Taught by clinicians from the Zoological Medicine service, the wildlife clinical rotation at UW–Madison's School of Veterinary Medicine partners with wildlife centers around Wisconsin, to bring students hands-on real work experience. Students get the opportunity to see, treat and ultimately help rehabilitate animals for release back into the wild. Made for UW–Madison, read more here: https://news.wisc.edu/watch-getting-hands-on-with-wildlife/

Passing by a blooming prairie in the glow of dusk can be a magical, inspiring experience, whether witnessed from the car on a drive through rural Wisconsin or while immersed on a stroll through the UW–Madison Arboretum. While easy to take for granted, the prairies you see today are an increasingly precious and threatened resource. And that’s why UW–Madison is working to restore and preserve them — with fire. View full story here: https://news.wisc.edu/burning-and-learning/

Summer Sherman, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is on call for foam. With the help of concerned community members, Sherman is collecting foam from freshwater in Dane County to study PFAS, the persistent and omnipresent compounds that can harm the health of the environment and humans. Read more about the research here: https://news.wisc.edu/understanding-freshwater-foam-may-help-in-fight-against-pfas-forever-chemicals/

Below the water’s surface, Jose Luis “Joselo” Ballesteros finds tranquility and purpose. As a SCUBA dive instructor on San Cristóbal in the Galápagos Islands, he’s fostering a community of ocean stewards by providing opportunities to locals.