By now you’ve heard all about our amazing science cafe series, Science on Tap-Minocqua, at the Minocqua Brewing Company on the first Wednesday of each month. In addition to the big crowds and good beer, the event is a chance to take part in a discussion and ask questions about some awesome, enlightening topics. In …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MADISON, WI — In 1442, fifty years before Columbus “sailed the ocean blue,” Shinto priests in Japan began keeping records of the annual freeze dates of a nearby lake. Along a Finnish river, starting in 1693, local merchants recorded the date the ice broke up each spring. These two observations are the …
Field Samples is a Q&A with presenters at our weekly Wednesday seminar. Today CFL grad student, Samantha Oliver, will talk about how humans changes to the landscape have drastically altered nutrient flows into lakes. Who are you, where are you from, and how did you get here? I’m Samantha Oliver, and I’m originally from …
Field Samples is a Q&A with presenters at our weekly Wednesday seminar. Today one of the CFL’s newest grad students, Martin Perales, will talk about his summer project exploring the impacts of lake development on fish populations. Who are you, where are you from, and how did you get here? I’m Martin Perales and I dragged …
We here at the Center for Limnology are, of course big fans of Art Hasler. The man not only got the building we call home built in the first place, he also help bring limnology at UW–Madison into modern scientific times. That’s why it was so cool when Fritz, Art’s son, reached out to us and …
It’s a cold, overcast day at the end of March and Petrifying Springs Park is brown and leafless – still waiting on its spring greenery. Which means it’s a great day to find some fish here where Pike Creek flows into the Pike River. Specifically, John Rodstrom, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Center for Limnology, …
Field Samples is a Q&A with researchers presenting at our weekly Wednesday seminar. Today the CFL’s distinguished research professor, Paul Hanson, will use music as a science communication tool. Tune in online for the live creation of a musical piece on harmful algal blooms! We’ll also live Tweet – #cflseminar Who are you, where are you from, and …
If you live, well, pretty much anywhere in North America, you know that spring is springing early this year. And while that means ice-free lakes, blooming crocuses and the return of all sorts of birds, it also means that fish are getting ready to move. This spring, (starting next week, in fact) we’ll be bringing …
Field Samples is a Q&A with aquatic researchers. Today Robin Rohwer, a graduate student studying microbial ecology in Trina McMahon’s lab will give a public talk at noon on what microbes are in our lakes and what it is they do. It’s the Center for Limnology’s weekly Wednesday seminar. Who are you, where are you …
Next Wednesday, March 2nd, Wisconsin DNR “fish guru,” John Lyons will be at the Minocqua Brewing Company for Science on Tap-Minocqua, where he’ll talk about the “Wonderful World of Wisconsin Fishes.” (Can’t make it to Minocqua? You can always watch online). Lyons will give an overview of Wisconsin fishes: How many different kinds of fish …