by Steve Carpenter If climate change was the star of the recently concluded Paris Climate Conference (COP21), ecology played a key supporting role. At COP21, 195 nations agreed to hold global warming below 2 degrees …
Year: 2015
Field Samples: Cracking (Genetic) Code to Understand Microbe Diversity
Field Samples is a Q&A with aquatic researchers. Today graduate student, Sarah Stevens, talks computer programming and microbes in lakes. Sarah will give a public lecture on her work today at noon in the Water …
Study Says We’ve Seriously Underestimated Emissions in Streams and Rivers
Do not underestimate the babbling brook. When it comes to greenhouse gases, these bucolic water bodies have the potential to create a lot of hot air. According to a new analysis in the journal Ecological …
Turning Science Outreach Obligations into Opportunities
Happy Fish Fry Day, when Wisconsin (and your trusty blog) put fish on the menu. Today’s offering – Ellen Hamann’s excellent post, originally written for the Canadian Science Publishing website on her “Fish on the …
Rollin’ on the River: High-Speed Limnology on the Mighty Mississippi
A new study says that, despite dozens of locks and dams and backwater habitats that slow it’s flow, the Upper Mississippi River isn’t good at retaining the nitrates that run into its waters from intensively …
Announcing “Our Waters, Our Future” Writing Contest
Water is essential to our lives and those of future generations, but big changes, like a warming world, are bringing big challenges. Imagining positive futures for our waters and communities and sharing those visions is …
Of Models and Math: Predicting the Future of a Watershed
by Jenny Seifert Using a tool similar to a computer game, Melissa Motew is peering into the future. Motew is a modeler. She uses computers and mathematics to simulate ecosystems and make sense of nature. …
Fish Fry Day: American Eel Caught in the Act (of Migration!)
Happy Fish Fry Day! We promise to get back to our “Fishes of Wisconsin” challenge soon, but breaking news has forced it’s way into our news cycle – for the first time ever, scientists have …
Sapelo Island Storify 2: Will a Rising Tide Sink All Hopes? (Of Course Not!)
[View the story “UW-Madison Students on “Island Time” – Part 2″ on Storify]
Sapelo Island Storify: Limno Went Down to Georgia
[View the story “UW-Madison Students On “Island Time,” Part 1″ on Storify]