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Crazy-Clear Water in Madison’s Lakes? Thank a Tiny, Voracious Critter Called Daphnia

Posted on May 28, 2025

This may sound unusual, since Lake Mendota is not known for its clear water. In fact, in late summer, a Secchi disk usually only drops one meter into the green, murky water before it disappears. …

Posted in Ecological Processes, Learn Your LakesTagged clear water Lake Mendota, daphnia pulicaria, featured, Lake Mendota clear water, limnology, Madison lakes, Wisconsin lakes

Happy Thanksgiving from the CFL!

Posted on November 25, 2020

Happy Thanksgiving to all our readers! Here’s an ode to aquatic gratitude by John Bates, a poet from the LTEArts exhibit.  Pilgrimage Let us bless the humility of water, Always willing to take the shape …

Posted in OutreachTagged Ann Singsaas, aquatic gratitude, Drawing Water, featured, John Bates, LTEArts, Thanksgiving

Trout Lake Station Now Accepting Applications for 2020 “Artists in Residence” Program

Posted on December 4, 2019

Calling all painters, poets, photographers and other artists! The Center for Limnology’s Trout Lake Station in Boulder Junction, WI is now accepting applications for its 2020 Artist in Residence Program. This residency is part of …

Posted in UncategorizedTagged artist residencies, featured, Trout Lake Station

Study says “hidden overharvest” from fishing plays a role in Wisconsin walleye declines

Posted on November 18, 2019

By — Adam Hinterthuer, hinterthuer@wisc.edu MADISON – Over the last few decades, walleye in Wisconsin have been on a downward trend. As lakes in the upper Midwest warm thanks to climate change, they offer less …

Posted in Fish, Fishing, Boating & Water Recreation, Graduate Student ResearchTagged featured, Jake Vander Zanden

The Curious Link Between Lake Ice, Thanksgiving and Flu Season

Posted on November 14, 2019

It’s November 14th and some lakes are already making ice in these frigid temperatures here in Madison. With Thanksgiving still yet to arrive, it definitely feels early for a freeze and that made us wonder …

Posted in Global Change & Long-Term EcologyTagged featured, Lake Wingra

How A CFL Alum Got ‘Hooked’ Into the Fight Over a Giant Gold Mine

Posted on October 30, 2019

We just had to share this amazing story from Science magazine about how Daniel Schindler, a Center for Limnology alum and one of the world’s foremost experts on Pacific salmon, found himself in the middle …

Posted in CFL In The News, FishTagged Bristol Bay, featured, Science magazine

a Flood of Job Openings at Hasler Lab!

Posted on October 22, 2019

Sorry for the corny headline, but we just had to share that there are a whole lot of opportunities to come join us at Hasler Lab. You, too, could have an office on (usually) beautiful …

Posted in UncategorizedTagged featured

this is not the “new normal” of climate change, it’s a stop on the way to somewhere else

Posted on October 16, 2019

This summer, I led a workshop for journalists (my other gig is with the Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources) on the legacy of the Clean Water Act. We were in Cleveland, Ohio and Kyle …

Posted in UncategorizedTagged featured, Lake Mendota

Amid Clean Water Act Rollbacks, a New Chemical of Concern emerges

Posted on September 13, 2019

The health of U.S. waters are often steered in whichever way the political winds are blowing. In 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under leadership appointed by the Obama administration, expanded the definition of what …

Posted in CFL In The News, Water Quality, Hydrology & NutrientsTagged featured, PFAS, water quality

Bogs! Bacteria! Batteries?

Posted on August 21, 2019

In her final post as our summer science communication intern at Trout Lake Station, Bethany Prochnow got a look at some of the Northwoods tiniest residents – and an experiment attempting to harness their power…

Posted in Trout Lake StationTagged Bethany Prochnow, Charles Olmstead, featured
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