University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: Madison flooding

Editorial: Help Lakes Drain to Prevent Future Floods

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In case you missed his editorial in Sunday’s Wisconsin State Journal, Dick Lathrop (who spent four decades with the Wisconsin DNR studying the Yahara lakes and holds an honorary appointment with the Center for Limnology) had some thoughts on lake levels and flooding: by Dick Lathrop — Much good reporting has been done about the unprecedented …

After the Flood – “Doomsday” Climate Change Scenario Looks a Little Less Alarmist

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In 2014, the Water, Sustainability and Climate Project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison published “Yahara 2070” a series of stories about potential futures for the Madison area and the Yahara watershed. Using a combination of published scientific research, computer modeling and a dose of science fiction, a team of researchers attempted to answer the following …