by Madelyn Anderson –Have you ever wondered what happens to a lake when the water rises? Aquatic plants, lake sediment, fish communities and more can be affected and, here at Hasler Lab, we’re uncovering how. …
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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 …
How We Use Our Land Shapes Streams’ Big Role in Greenhouse Gas Emissions
by Sam Blackburn – If you were to ask someone where climate change-causing greenhouse gases come from, they’d probably say cars, air travel, or manufacturing. Someone from Wisconsin might even say dairy farms. It’s unlikely, …
Guest Post: Building a Better Water Quality Measurement Platform
by Meghan Chua With a background in engineering and environmental science, alumnus Paul Schramm had the perfect mix of skills to work on a water quality measurement project that brought new possibilities into the field …
Big River Keeps on Rollin’ – Study Finds Little Nitrate Retention in the Upper Mississippi
A new study says that, despite dozens of locks and dams and backwater habitats that slow it’s flow, the Upper Mississippi River isn’t good at retaining the nitrates that run into its waters from intensively …
Running Diary of Flux Chambers, Mini Me and a Marathon Day in the Field
Necessity, of course, is the mother of invention. And scientific fieldwork is often the mother of necessity. Researchers are constantly having to invent new ways to collect data in challenging environments. What follows is a …
Emily Stanley Named a 2018 Fellow by the Ecological Society of America
Pardon us while we brag a bit, but Center for Limnology professor, Emily Stanley, was just named a 2018 fellow by the Ecological Society of America and, well, we think that’s a pretty big deal! …
Emily Stanley Awarded the 2018 G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Emily Stanley, professor at the Center for Limnology and department of Integrative Biology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, is the 2018 recipient of the G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award from the Association …
Christmas Post Redux: Letter Home Explains Carbon Cycle via Christmas Ornaments
Happy Holidays from the CFL! Last year, graduate student, Julia Hart, was so ready to head home and see family that she wrote this great primer in advance to tell her Mom what, exactly, she …
Study Finds Life Under Lake Ice Complex, Surprisingly Active
A new study asked for data on life under ice from around the world and found that there’s more going ont han we thought. Several CFL folks were co-authors (Emily Stanley, Noah Lottig, Corinna Gries, …