University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: November 2020

Video: Past, Present and Future of Key Piece of the Great Lakes Food Web

by Moira Harrington, Wisconsin Sea Grant In a new video released today, Wisconsin Sea Grant illuminates the varied coregonines, a sudfamily of fish commonly known as cisco, which have pulsed through Great Lakes waters for 12,000 years. Due to human influences, the fork-tailed fish are diminished in number and range, and display less diverse forms. …

More Children and Youth Drowning as Warming Temperatures Create Unstable Lake Ice

by Sandra McLean, York University and Adam Hinterthuer, UW-Madison FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  – Most projections about the dangers of climate change focus on excessive heat as a pressing threat to human lives. But, according to a new study from an international team of researchers, the colder parts of the year are also becoming more deadly …