University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: long-term research

Heatwaves Been Stressing Lakes Out, Study Says

A study spanning more than ten years across three lakes has found that heatwaves have a dramatic impact on algae blooms.   Algal growth in one lake increased, on average, by 57 percent in the days following a heatwave – and that was the least impacted lake in the study. A second lake saw that number …