FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact cjwatras (at) wisc (dot) edu, 608-356-4892 BOULDER JUNCTION, WI – A new study has found an unexpected connection between water levels in lakes and toxic mercury levels in fish. When droughts …
Year: 2018
Steve Carpenter Receives 2018 Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology
Steve Carpenter, professor emeritus of the Center for Limnology at the University of Wiscosnin-Madison, received the Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology today at a ceremony in Barcelona. The award is given each year by the …
From the Arctic to Aruba: Migratory Waterfowl Take Refuge in Wisconsin Waters
As fall turns to winter and layers of skim ice form in the bays and shallows of Madison’s lakes, another seasonal phenomenon is taking place on the open water. Currently, the far eastern bay of …
Forget “Needle in a Haystack.” Try Finding an Invasive Species in a Lake
When the tiny and invasive spiny water flea began appearing in University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers’ nets in 2009, scientists began to wonder how Lake Mendota, one of the most-studied lakes in the world, went from …
Updated: When Will Our Lakes Freeze? Time for Annual CFL “Ice On” Pool
Note, post was originally published 11/28/16 and has been updated to include current conditions. After a rather balmy Thanksgiving, where nighttime lows still hovered above freezing, our forecast calls for highs in the 30s (Fahrenheit) and …
“David Buoy” Wraps Up 11th Year Monitoring Lake Mendota
Yesterday we caught a slight break in our string of cold, windy days and researchers here from the UW- Madison Center for Limnology and Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences were able to head out …
Want to Save Our Lakes? First, Find One to Love.
The question wasn’t all that surprising – “What can we, as individuals, do to help keep the Great Lakes clean?” It came from an audience member in Shannon Hall, the large theater space at UW-Madison’s …
Guest Post: Healthy Lakes Have Real, Calculable Value for Humans
Yesterday, the folks at Fondriest Environmental published a great article on how science is proving the value of lakes to humans. We just had to share! By Karla Lant on October 11, 2018 Do you have a …
Good Reads – Limnology Edition: Our Researchers Pick Some of Their Favorite Science-Themed Books
We realize that we’re offering a Summer Reading List just in time for fall, but our science communication intern asked folks for some book suggestions this summer and here’s what she found: by Sydney Widell …
UW-Madison Undergrads Cast a Wide Net to Catch Ecological Change on McDermott Lake
Over the course of the last four months, PhD student Holly Embke and her team of undergraduate researchers have systematically removed more than 80,000 bass and panfish from McDermott Lake in southern Iron County as …