Trout Lake Station summer science communication intern, Maddie Gamble, spent time with the station’s pelagic food web crew. She put together this photo essay about their work. All words and pictures: Maddie Gamble (NOTE: All …
Scientists Map Methane in World’s Rivers and Streams, Find Surprising Sources and Human Impacts on Emissions
Freshwater ecosystems account for half of global emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. Rivers and streams, especially, are thought to emit a substantial amount of that methane but the …
Monitoring Manoomin: A Collaborative Study on Wild Rice Lake
When you think of science what comes to mind? Is it data or measurements? Research? What about people? Science is so much more than research and numbers–it’s about people and places, too. Our wild rice project here on station is a testimony to that.
Fieldwork on a Flooded Fish Lake
by Anna Mueller – Located just east of Sauk City, about 30 min northwest of Madison, Fish Lake is a bizarre and interesting place. Although it has experienced flooding since the ‘80s, in the past …
Fieldwork Photo Essay: Long-Term Ecological Research on Wisconsin Lakes
Trout Lake Station summer science communication intern, Maddie Gamble, spent time with the station’s long-term ecological research field crew. She put together this photo essay about their work. All words and pictures: Maddie Gamble
Summer Snapshot: Studying Small Ponds’ Impact on Madison’s Biggest Lake
by Anna Mueller – A team at the Center for Limnology is spending the summer monitoring urban ponds in Middleton, a city of roughly 20,000 people nestled on the western end of Lake Mendota. Urban …
Flipping Rocks on a Friday, Mason Polencheck Hunts for Mudpuppies
By Maddie Gamble – Earlier this summer, I headed out on South Trout Lake with University of Wisconsin undergraduate Mason Polencheck on a mission – to find at least one, single mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus). Mudpuppies …
Big Fish, Little Fish: Decades’ Worth of Basic Measurements Tell a Complex Tale in One Wisconsin Lake
A new study is highlighting the power of long-term research when it comes to helping scientists understand ecological processes. In one Wisconsin lake, researchers at the UW-Madison’s Center for Limnology were able to both interpret …
Seeing Science Through a New Lens: Meet Maddie, Trout Lake Station’s Summer Science Communication Intern
by Madelyn Gamble – As a rising senior majoring in Journalism and Environmental studies, I was extremely excited to come across the science communication intern opportunity here at Trout Lake. I am passionate about environmental …
What a Difference a Day Makes: Lake Mendota Goes From Blue-Green to Crystal Clear
by Anna Mueller – I showed up at the Center for Limnology’s Hasler Lab a few hours after the sun had risen and it was already getting hot. I was sweaty from biking to work …