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Island Time: UW-Madison Students’ Epic Research Roadtrip
Late yesterday afternoon, the first van pulled out of the Hasler Lab parking lot. Loaded down with a handful of Zoology 750 grad students, and all sorts of gear – from nets to shovels to …
Center for Limnology on YouTube
Just in case you didn’t know, the CFL is on YouTube chronicling our adventures both in the field and in the lab. Here’s a new trailer for the WiscLimnology channel that we hope you’ll enjoy! On …
Field Samples: Studying the World’s Oldest and Deepest Lake
Welcome to our weekly Q&A asking researchers what they’ve been up to and what they’ve learned. Today, special guest, Stephanie Hampton, talks about working in Siberia on the world’s oldest and deepest lake. Hampton is …
Dishing Out Science (and Ice Cream) at Trout Lake Station Open House
by Meredith Smalley BOULDER JUNCTION, Wis. — The first of August was a gorgeous day in northern Wisconsin: temperatures were in the mid-70s, the waters of Trout Lake were remarkably calm and clear, and the mosquitoes, …
Save the Date! Hasler Lab 2014 Open House
Modern limnology in North America was born right here at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Today, scientists from across Wisconsin, the nation. and the globe are doing world-class freshwater research right on the shore of Lake …
Our Cup Spilleth Over: Science on Tap Keeps Getting Better
When we arrived at the Minocqua Brewing Company that cold and snowy February night back in 2013, we weren’t sure what to expect from our first-ever science cafe event. “Science on Tap-Minocqua,” the brainchild of …
Fish Fry Day: Three Reasons Fish Matter
We’re sure you’ve already got it circled on the calendar but, just in case, May 24th is World Fish Migration Day. We here at the CFL are partnering with places like The Nature Conservancy and …
CSI Limnology: Team-Building Crucial for “Team Science”
by Samantha Oliver Around the world, more and more scientists are working together to answer some of our biggest biological and ecological questions. Science is often seen as a private enterprise carried out in an …
Video Review – 2013: Snail Crushing, Invasive IDing and Musky Jamming
In these last hours of 2013, we’re featuring some of our favorite (and most popular) CFL videos from the past year. To see all of our offerings, head to our YouTube channel. Crushing Snail Shells… …