"Plant Responses to Climate Change: Lessons from the Past": In-Person Badger Talk in Wisconsin Dells

Name: "Plant Responses to Climate Change: Lessons from the Past": In-Person Badger Talk in Wisconsin Dells
Start: 2026-05-02T10:45:00-05:00
Location: 620 Elm St, Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965-1590, United States

Schedule

Sat, 02 May, 2026 at 10:45 am

UTC-05:00

Location

620 Elm St, Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965-1590, United States | Wisconsin Dells, WI

This is a free, in-person talk hosted on May 2, 2026 at 10:45 AM CST by Columbia County Master Gardeners in Wisconsin Dells, WI. Please register for this event through Kilbourn Public Library in Wisconsin Dells. This event will not be available virtually.
How do plants adapt to changing climates and how can we help them? Some of our best examples come from the end of the last ice age, when the world warmed by 5-10F. I’ll review how we study the last great global warming, what we’ve learned, and solutions for today.
John (Jack) Williams is Professor in Geography and a former director of the Center for Climatic Research at UW-Madison. He studies climate change and ecosystem responses to changing climates, using the end of the last ice age as a model system for understanding the effects of large global rises in temperature. His work ranges from fieldwork and coring lakes to helping lead and build global-scale community databases. He has lived in Wisconsin since 2004 and has raised his family here; he enjoys kayaking, pickleball, running with his dog, and board-gaming. Dr. Williams is a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America and Kellett Fellow at UW-Madison. More information can be found at www.geography.wisc.edu/faculty/williams/lab/ or via Twitter @IceAgeEcologist