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Hazy, Hot, and Hazardous: Looking Back on a Challenging Summer with Dr. Tracey Holloway

Hazy, Hot, and Hazardous: Looking Back on a Challenging Summer with Dr. Tracey Holloway

FromThe SustainUW Podcast


Hazy, Hot, and Hazardous: Looking Back on a Challenging Summer with Dr. Tracey Holloway

FromThe SustainUW Podcast

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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Nov 3, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This summer, the weather dominated: wildfires, hazardous air quality, and extreme heat affected people across the country. In this episode, we try to figure out what happened and what the wild weather means for Wisconsin. Listen in as Britta Wellenstein and Rory Tevlin speak to Tracey Holloway, an air quality researcher at UW-Madison and the Leader of the NASA Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team. We explore the Canadian wildfires, ozone and smoke in Madison, and steps for moving forward.
Released:
Nov 3, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (43)

The SustainUW Podcast is created and hosted by student interns from the UW-Madison Office of Sustainability. Each episode explores a different question related to sustainability as it impacts the UW-Madison campus and the broader community. Guests include professors, student activists, campus staff, and other experts who help hosts uncover the complicated story of sustainability. This podcast examines common narratives of environmentalism and questions the status quo, seeking to understand what’s up with sustainability and where we should go from here.