Current Stories
CFL Student Wins Award for Bringing Her Research Down to Earth
Earlier this winter, Center for Limnology graduate student, Sophia Skoglund, stepped up to a scaled-down version of NASA’s “Hyperwall” presentation screen in a cavernous room of the New Orleans Convention Center. Skoglund was there to …
January 16, 2026
Where Does Lake Mendota’s 2025 Freeze Date Rank in the 170-Year Record?
It’s official! Just as we were waking up from ringing in the New Year, the Wisconsin State Climatology Office declared January 1, 2026 as the date that Lake Mendota officially froze for the 2025/26 winter …
January 6, 2026
Be Careful on Frozen Lakes – Especially During “Shoulder Season”
Yesterday evening as sunset was casting a rosy pink band of light across the frozen surface of Lake Monona near Olbrich Park, two people skated across its newly frozen surface. This morning, a semi-frozen Lake …
December 16, 2025
Alumni @ Work: See What Some Recent CFL Grads Were Up To in 2025!
Earlier this fall, we asked some of the Center for Limnology’s alumni from the last several years to send us updates on what they were working on these days. A couple of those updates ended …
December 3, 2025
Happy Thanksgiving from the Center for Limnology!
We hope everyone gets to spend this holiday surrounded by friends and family and enjoy good food and good company – preferably not too far from your favorite body of water. 2025 has been an …
November 26, 2025- Older Posts
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