During the winter, many Wisconsinites share in the joys of a frozen lake or other waterbody. Ice fishing, ice skating, skiing, snowshoeing, and snowmobiling are all popular types of frozen fun. The Center for Limnology also deeply enjoys this season, continuing research under the ice and leading educational activities on top of it. Each February, …
by Adam Hinterthuer – It is surreal to be typing these words but – after 15 years – I am saying farewell to the Center for Limnology. In that time, I’ve had the great privilege to help share the stories about – and behind – the world-class science being done from this small, but mighty, …
A recently published video on YouTube chronicles the struggles of Ito, or the Sakhalin taimen. Like many tales of struggling species of fish, the Japanese rivers Ito call home have been reengineered by humans and warmed by climate change. CFL associate professor, Olaf Jensen, helped conduct surveys of this endangered species and one of Jensen’s …
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 tell attendees of the American Geophysical Union’s annual conference about her work bringing satellite data down to earth – or, …
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 season. Here at the CFL it’s hard to feel like winter has truly begun until the last of Madison’s lakes …