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January 15, 2019

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Antarctica ice melt has accelerated by 280% in the last 4 decades

CNN

The researchers, led by Richard Levy of New Zeland’s GNS Science and Victoria University of Wellington and Stephen Meyers of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, were able to recreate a broad history of the Antarctic ice sheet going back 34 million years to when the ice sheet first formed — documenting multiple cycles of ice growth and decay resulting from natural variations in the planet’s tilt.

Research

Scientists call for action to save Antarctic ice sheet

Xinhua

Published in the journal Nature Geoscience, the study underscored just how sensitive the ice sheet is to climate change, according to Richard Levy of GNS Science and Victoria University of Wellington and Stephen Meyers of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who jointly led the research team.

Ice Loss in Antarctica Has Accelerated at Alarming Rate: Study

India News

The researchers, led by Richard Levy of New Zealand’s GNS Science and Victoria University of Wellington and Stephen Meyers of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, were able to recreate a broad history of the Antarctic ice sheet going back 34 million years to when the ice sheet first formed — documenting multiple cycles of ice growth and decay resulting from natural variations in the planet’s tilt.

Antarctica ice melt has accelerated by 280% in 4 decades

CNN

The researchers, led by Richard Levy of New Zeland’s GNS Science and Victoria University of Wellington and Stephen Meyers of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, were able to recreate a broad history of the Antarctic ice sheet going back 34 million years to when the ice sheet first formed — documenting multiple cycles of ice growth and decay resulting from natural variations in the planet’s tilt.

Campus life

Health

Telemedicine Will Enhance, Not Replace Doctors In Rural Wisonsin, Experts Say

Wisconsin Public Radio

Quoted: While some see telemedicine as the the future of medical care in rural Wisconsin, the director of the Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health said it won’t replace the need to bring more physicians to rural areas.

“Telemedicine is an important piece of the puzzle, but even more important is that physician or primary care person in the communities,” said Dr. Joseph Holt.

UW Experts in the News

Air pollution termed greatest environmental threat to health

Dawn.com

Quoted: Dr James J. Schauer, a senior civil and environmental engineer heading the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said that the association of atmospheric particulate matter particles with adverse health effects had been well established and led experts to develop standards on these pollutants and implement control measures.

Stranger abductions like Jayme Closs case very rare

WISC-TV 3

Quoted: “Stranger abductions, typically they’re acting on some thought or fantasy or plan they’ve developed in their own head, and not necessarily focused on any one particular victim,” said Linnea Burk, director of University of Wisconsin Madison’s Psychology Research and Training Clinic.

UW-Madison Related

Tim Tyson: Born Into Dissent

WUNC

Tyson now a senior research scholar at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and adjunct professor of American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He will share stories of his early days as an educator in the Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and how his Emmett Till book helped bring justice to the black community.