Stories indexed under: Lake research

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  • Photo of submersible Recent sightings: Icy test drive Feb. 12, 2008
  • Photo of spiny water flea Invasive species spreads to Vilas County lake in Wisconsin Aug. 31, 2007 The spiny water flea, a small but aggressive aquatic invasive species, has made its way into another of Wisconsin's lakes, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers reported last week.
  • Satellite image of Lake Mendota Resident bacteria may help clean phosphorous from lakes May 2, 2007 UW-Madison engineer Katherine McMahon is integrating her expertise in wastewater engineering and in biological systems to study the bacterial community in different eutrophied lakes — two in Madison and one in China — to learn more about how those bacteria affect phosphorus cycling in the lakes.
  • Aerial photo of Lake Mendota Lake districts serve as prisms of environmental change April 24, 2007 Two vastly different Wisconsin lake districts - one in a dynamic agricultural and urban setting, the other in a forested and much less developed region of the state - are proving their value as sentinels of regional environmental change, according to a new report.
  • Exhibit traces 300 years of Wisconsin and Great Lakes maps March 21, 2007 Original maps of Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region from 17th-century drawings concocted from travelers' accounts to 21st-century images captured by satellites are on display through June 29 in the Department of Special Collections in Memorial Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Bringing together Earth and sky imagery Jan. 9, 2007 Integrating studies of the Earth with those of the atmosphere and beyond, the Environmental Remote Sensing Center (ERSC) recently joined the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School.
  • Study shows hope for ridding lakes of clawed invader July 31, 2006 A University of Wisconsin-Madison study shows that the rusty crayfish, long seen as a bully in Wisconsin lakes, may be vulnerable to a "double whammy" of intensive trapping and predator fish manipulation to the point where it may be possible to rid lakes of the animal that has vexed scientists, anglers and conservation agencies alike for decades.
  • Study shows eutrophic lakes may not recover for a millennium June 13, 2005 Although it has taken just 60 years for humans to put many freshwater lakes on the eutrophication fast track, a new study shows their recovery may take a thousand years under the best of circumstances.
  • Storm-water management efforts deter runoff into Lake Mendota Sept. 7, 2004 It was easy to blame last spring's flooding in Dane County on record-setting rains. But people are as much at fault as the weather, says Ken Potter, civil and environmental engineering professor.
  • Lake research offers clues to managing crayfish invasions Aug. 3, 2004 Rusty crayfish, an invasive species now crawling across the rocky bottoms of lakes and streams throughout the United States and Canada, may not always have a stronghold once they enter these bodies of water.
  • Lake restrictions make lakeshore property more valuable Feb. 16, 2004 People are willing to pay more to live on a lake that's protected from degradation, often related to lakeshore development.
  • Researchers track clarity of Wisconsin lakes from space Jan. 17, 2003 Assisted by hundreds of volunteers around the state, UW researchers and their partners have developed a method of assessing the water quality of Wisconsin's lakes from space. Using images captured 438 miles above the earth, they have completed the first satellite-based inventory of the clarity of the largest 8,000 lakes in the state.
  • UW-Madison study returns biology to the basics Sept. 20, 2002 We may be living in the age of biotechnology, but science still has some very basic questions to answer. And, one of them is 'What microbes live in lakes?'
  • Scientists assess shoreline development impact Sept. 3, 2002 To understand the ecological effects of lakeshore development on these freshwater ecosystems, UW-Madison has launched an extreme experiment - remove all the woody debris from one lake's shoreline waters and study what happens.
  • Scientists share in Great Lakes project Feb. 27, 2001 Two university scientists will contribute to a $6 million research project that will take a comprehensive look at the environmental health of coastal and near-shore regions of the Great Lakes.
  • 150-year global ice record reveals major warming trend Sept. 7, 2000 From sources as diverse as newspaper archives, transportation ledgers and religious observances, scientists have amassed lake and river ice records spanning the Northern Hemisphere that show a steady 150-year warming trend.
  • Lake study shows persistence of acid rain effects Aug. 11, 2000 Little Rock Lake, the site of a landmark study on the effects of acid rain, has been taken to chemical hell and back, and seemingly recovered from the trip.
  • Lake Mendota teems with teaching and research efforts - and algae Oct. 5, 1999 During any given semester, Lake Mendota lives up to its billing as the most studied lake in North America, with a popular undergraduate course taught on its waters and numerous research projects analyzing it inside-out. No university in the world is more versed in limnology, or the science of what makes a lake tick.