Fish Fry Day: How Do Fish Live Under the Ice?
While we’ve been spared (so far) by any sort of climate shenanigans like a polar vortex this winter, our lakes have had a nice thick cover of ice on for a month or more. And lots of people send in Read...
View ArticleField Samples: The Art (and Science) of Wrangling ‘Big Data’
Field Samples is a weekly Q&A asking researchers what they’ve been up to and what they’ve learned. Today, information manager/data scientist extraordinaire, Corinna Gries, talks the brave new world...
View ArticleFish Fry Day Redux: Sneaking and Spawning
We’re swamped here at the CFL, so apologies for the slow posting. Today, though, we’ve dug up a classic post on one of the aquatic rites of spring – the crazy sex life of bluegill. I know, I know,...
View ArticleMonitor Mendota: Water Clarity, Daphnia on the Rebound
Last week on this blog, we wondered if Lake Mendota’s clear water phase was a thing of the past. You see, last year, the algae-eating native zooplankton, daphnia pulicaria were so diminished by...
View ArticleFish Fry Day Embarks on “Fishes of Wisconsin” Poster Challenge
It’s Fish Fry Day – the day when Wisconsin puts fish on the menu and we serve up a fish o’ the day on our blog. But today, we’re launching an epic challenge – a quest to bring you tidbits Read More ...
View Article“Farm Tech Days” Exhibit Will Focus on Phosphorus Problems and Solutions
by Jenny Seifert Why is phosphorus in the lakes a long-term problem, why do we care and how could we fix it? The UW-Madison’s Water Sustainability and Climate Project (WSC) and Center for Limnology...
View ArticleCelebrating World Wetlands Day 3 Ways
Tomorrow is World Wetlands Day, a celebration of the importance (and warning of the fragility) of some of Earth’s most beautiful ecosystems. Wetlands, the transitional ecosystem from an aquatic...
View ArticleYahara Watershed to Star on Wisconsin Public Television – Sept. 1st
by Jenny Seifert The future of the Yahara Watershed takes center stage in a new documentary born of a partnership between the UW-Madison’s Water Sustainability and Climate project (WSC) and Wisconsin...
View ArticleTapping into the “Wonderful World of Wood”
by Riley Steinbrenner At the last Science on Tap session of the summer at Minocqua Brewing Company Wednesday night, Michael Wiemann of the USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory talked about...
View ArticleOff the Reel: Dredgin’ with Carol and Linden
by Riley Steinbrenner Last week, I canoed out on Nichols Lake with Carol and Linden in search of spiny water flea tails! Click the right arrow under the picture to scroll through the slides.
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