Tag: National Science Foundation

Video: 2 Months Breaking Ice in Under 5 Minutes

Posted on May 9, 2013

While this isn’t news directly from the Center for Limnology, it is WAY cool and postdoc, Cayelan Carey’s, recent talk on (and love for) all things phytoplankton inspired us. Marine scientist/science writer, Cassandra Brooks, is currently on an expedition in Antarctica’s Ross Sea, chasing phytoplankton blooms (literally) around the end of the earth. Funded by …

LTEArts Goes to Washington: Exploring the Beauty of Science on Wisconsin Lakes

Posted on February 4, 2013

In 2011, researchers at the Center for Limnology’s Northern Temperate Lakes Long Term Ecological Research project teamed up with artists in Wisconsin’s Northwoods to explore a new way of communicating science. They all asked the same question – what happens when six artists and six scientists join in exploring the complexity, beauty and future of …