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 of limnology. Schramm first started working on a prototype of Fast Limnology Automated Measurement (FLAMe) platform in 2014 as an …
A few weeks back, the inboxes of faculty, staff and students at Hasler Lab were flooded with requests for interviews about our work on Madison’s lakes. As we tried to field as many requests as possible, it became apparent that what we were dealing with was one ambitious class project – an online news magazine …
by Angela Baldocchi Every spring, when I spot the first buds on a tree, I always think I might actually get to see them open if I pay close enough attention. But then – as if overnight – the leaves just seem to appear. On Lake Mendota, this springtime magic is one of disappearing ice. …
(This article was originally published on news.wisc.edu) It’s been nearly six months since Steve Carpenter officially stepped down as director of the UW–Madison Center for Limnology. Yet, despite updating his resume with the title “free-range scientist,” he is still trying to figure out how to not come in to the office. “One thing I’m working …
by Neil Coughlan and Andy Stevens Late one night, Andy Stevens, then a Center for Limnology graduate student, pulled a minnow trap out of the water off of the Hasler Lab pier in Lake Mendota. In the glare of his flashlight, Stevens could see the already familiar clusters of zebra mussels colonizing the wire mesh …
The following “Know Your Madisonian” profile ran in today in the Wisconsin State Journal Know Your Madisonian: UW-Madison’s Stephen Carpenter makes Madison, state lakes his laboratory by Karen Rivedal, Wisconsin State Journal As an antidote to a proliferation of “fake facts,” Stephen Carpenter offers repeatable, observable, measurable science that is provably fact-filled. Carpenter, a zoology …
We thought we’d dig through the archives to see what we were up to in previous Novembers. Enjoy this look at “Limno in the Lab” from four years ago! Originally posted 11/13/12 – After the spring and summer field seasons, it’s time to return to the lab to work up all the specimens collected in …
We recently stumbled across this old video of Art Hasler (in an amazing coat/hat ensemble, we might add) discussing the “congregation” of professors and students at the UW-Madison who work on Lake Mendota “trying to unfathom the unknowns of the aquatic community.” We hope you enjoy it as much as we did! The video was …
Below is an excellent article from Isthmus.com on CFL research professor, Paul Hanson, and the music he hears (and makes) in science. By Allison Geyer. Data collected from sensors on a buoy in Lake Mendota map the ebb and flow of the algal blooms that each year turn the lake green with phytoplankton. A look …
CFL graduate student, Colin Smith, produced and narrated this first video in our new “Limnology 101” series. Here he explains why lakes separate into warm, upper layers and cold, bottom layers. Check it out! Stay tuned for more “Limnology 101,” as we explain some of the basic physical and biological principles of the study of our inland …