Attention Undergrads! The Center for Limnology is currently hiring for our summer fieldwork season. Spend your summer up in Wisconsin’s beautiful Northwoods where you’ll spend your days with other freshwater-focused undergrads as you get hands-on …
Celebrating Women Water Protectors with Woven Art
Like most people who choose to live in Wisconsin’s Northwoods, water holds a sacred place in Mary Burns’ life. The Manitowish River runs by the cabin her grandparents once owned – the place she now …
Study Finds Link Between Climate Change and Longer “Dead Zones” in Lakes
A new study in the journal Hydrology and Earth System Sciences is linking climate change to yet another environmental impact – longer lasting “dead zones” In lakes. According to the study, warm summer weather is …
Remembering David Schindler and His Lasting Legacy in Limnology
Last week, the freshwater science community lost a a true giant in our field. David Schindler was a trailblazing scientist and an early enthusiast for whole-lake experiments in the 1970s and 80s that brought issues …
Study: Stories of Invasive Species Often Begin with Undetected “Sleeper Populations”
When an invasive species overruns an ecosystem, it is often assumed that the organism recently arrived at its new home and rapidly took over. But a report published in the journal, BioScience, says that many …
Could an Antarctic Fish Hold the Key for Safely De-Icing Our Winter Roads?
The Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) is a large, nearly six-foot long resident of Earth’s very southernmost waters. It’s range begins at the 60th parallel, which is basically the beginning of the Southern Ocean which means, …
3 Ways to “Salt Smarter” During Winter Weather
With folks in the Midwest staring down a long span of below frigid weather, icy and snow-covered surfaces are becoming the norm. While we totally understand the desire to reach for a big bag of …
Video: Why We’re Spending Another Winter Snowplowing a Bog
This year marks the second season for our ambitious winter limnology experiment up in Vilas County. In case you missed our initial post about why in the world someone would spend all winter plowing a …
Apply Now! Grant Aims to Connect Water Researchers with Student Artists
The folks at Water@UW, in collaboration with Humanities Exchange Fellow Julia Buskirk, are announcing a unique new grant aimed at introducing UW undergraduate art students to UW System scientists for a series of art-science partnerships. …
Annual PSA: To Keep Our Freshwater Fresh, We Must Be Smart About Winter Salt
Winter in the colder climes of North America means a lot of things – frozen lakes, white blankets of snow and, far too often, the crunch of salt crystals underfoot. While we use salt to …