A cool, wet Spring and booming populations of algae-munching daphnia couldn’t hold-off the inevitable – Madison’s lakes have been beset by cyanobacteria blooms the last few day. We dusted off this older post to explain …
Global Change & Long-Term Ecology
Blog Redux: Secchi Disk Celebrates 150 Years of Clarity
Tomorrow will mark the one hundred and fifty-second birthday of the Secchi disk. We dusted off this post from two years ago to tell you all about our favorite scientific instrument. Enjoy! (Originally published April …
When It Comes to Biological Extremes, Expect the Unexpected
MADISON – Human beings are familiar with the idea of extreme events. Meteorologists keep us up to date on hurricanes, floods and high temperatures. Economists watch the stock market for signs of crashes or rallies. …
Lake Mendota’s Spring Thaw Ties for 2nd Earliest on Record
Yesterday morning I brought breakfast to my daughters at our dining room table, glanced out the window and did a double take. The waters of Lake Monona were a churning mass of brownish bluish green. …
What Two Frozen Lakes Taught Me About Perception Versus Data
by Samantha Oliver Today, I woke up at my favorite place on earth – Ten Mile Lake, in Hackensack, Minnesota. On the coldest day of the winter thus far, the frozen lake is so bright, …
Bass Set to Win, Walleye Lose Under Warming Projections
Following up on our call for political officials in Wisconsin to start taking climate change seriously, here is a post originally published in September of 2016 about one of the potential impacts global warming will …
Purging DNR’s Website Doesn’t Change Climate Facts
Last week, we shared our resolution to stand up for science in 2017, after the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources changed their website to reflect an incorrect and politically motivated stance on climate change. Yesterday …
A Resolution for 2017: Speak Out for Science
Happy New Year! We here at the CFL hope you had a fantastic holiday season and are rested and recharged for 2017. We’re excited to see what the year will bring but, before we start …
What Can Snails Tell Us About Water Quality?
The following Q&A of CFL professor, Pete McIntyre was recently featured on the Nature Conservancy’s “Cool Green Science” blog. More about the Lake T. snail project is here. by: Jenny Rogers For the past 20 …
Up In the Air: Understanding Lake Mendota’s Climate Contributions
On a hot, windy morning in late June, Ankur Desai and other members of his lab took their first steps to bridging a big gap in data between the aquatic and atmospheric sciences, as they …