Sustainable Energy Seminar Series: Ethics and the Social Cost of Carbon

1115 Wisconsin Energy Institute 1552 University Avenue, Madison, WI, United States

In this Sustainable Energy Seminar, J. Paul Kelleher, Associate Professor of Medical History and Bioethics, will discuss the theory and use of the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) as it applies to evaluating energy and …

Weston Roundtable Series: Changing the World Through Investing

1153 Mechanical Engineering 1513 University Avenue, Madison, WI, United States

Want to change the world? This lecture will show how your investment decisions can do just that. Learn about investing locally, making loans to others, supporting startups and investing in low-income housing. In the past, …

Climate, People and the Environment Program: Small Molecules, Big Impacts: Understanding how Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Mediate Interactions between Forests, Insects, and the Atmosphere

811 Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences Building 1225 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI, United States

Amy Trowbridge, Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Plant volatile organic compounds can play critical roles in determining atmospheric processes and mediating multi-species interactions. In turn, these emissions are in large part controlled …