Future of urban forests
As our cities become hotter with climate change, how can the urban Wasatch Front ensure that trees today will remain healthy and viable in the coming decades?
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‘Roving sentinels’ discover new air pollution sources
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Google Street View cars sampled air quality at a scale fine enough to capture variations within neighborhoods. A new atmospheric modeling method can identify pollution emission sources in many cities.
Read MoreLumen Bioscience wins historic $1.5M Wilkes Center Climate Prize
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The Seattle-based biotech company beat 77 international teams with their proposal to drastically reduce methane emissions from dairy and beef cattle using a patented mixture of enzyme proteins.
Read MoreFinalists vie for historic $1.5M Wilkes Climate Prize
A bean to revolutionize agriculture? Pepto for cows? Ocean waves on the power grid? Smart window coating? Trees that save farmers and the rainforest? Winner announced on Sept. 22.
Read MoreWilkes Center hosts climate change panel between Sister City leaders
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Mayors Erin Mendenhall and Yoshinao Gaun shared challenges and successes they are experiencing as they work to address climate policy in their communites.
Read MoreWilkes Climate Summit focuses on collaboration, opportunity, innovation
On May 16 and 17, the Wilkes Center’s inaugural climate summit convened scientists, inventors, business and government leaders in a collective effort to explore the best solutions for a warming planet.
Read MoreBig ideas, big bucks
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The Wilkes Climate Prize at the U will award $1.5 million annually to a proposal to combat climate change from all sectors.
Read More$1.5M Wilkes Center Climate Prize announced
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Utah donors contributed to the global prize to support science, education and entrepreneurial and practical solutions to climate change.
Read MoreGlobal analysis identifies at-risk forests
Forests can be a part of the climate solution as long as global warming doesn’t kill them first.
Read MoreWhat is the Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy?
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A generous $20 million gift from Clay and Marie Wilkes will leverage the U’s location and interdisciplinary knowledge to address the immense challenges of climate change.
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