University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: lakes

Salting The Seasons

The following is an excerpt from an excellent article on Madison-based science writer, Erik Ness’ website ‘The Lemonadist.’ The full article is available here.  3/12/24 – by Erik Ness “I think about Ice Nine on a regular basis.” Coming in the middle of a conversation about salt pollution, this surprising detour into literary fiction by …

Despite Changes in Climate, Land Use and Management Practices, Lakes Stay Surprisingly Static

Over the last few decades, change has defined our environment in the United States. Agriculture intensified. Urban areas sprawled. The climate warmed. Intense rainstorms became more common. But, says a new study, while those kinds of changes usually result in poor water quality, lakes have mostly stayed the same. The authors of the article, published …