Dane County Executive Joe Parisi is out with his $63 million capital budget proposal for next year. It includes from new funds for mental health initiatives to new flooding management plans. He’s also announced a massive new solar panel project at the Dane County airport. The new solar panel project is a partnership between Dane […]
Madison’s Blue-Green Lake Pt.2
Madison’s lakes and beaches were closed recently due to a massive algal bloom present in the waters. The algae is toxic to many species, including humans, fish and other aquatic species. Lincoln Tice follows up our investigation into Madison’s lakes with a UW-Madison limnology professor, Jake Vander Zanden, to discuss the biological factors that are […]
Madison’s Blue-Green Lake Pt.1
Madison’s lakes and beaches were closed last week due to toxic algal blooms present in the lake. PNM’s Kai Brito speaks to the director of the UW-Madison Center for Limnology, Steve Carpenter, who says these blooms were one of the worst Madison has ever seen.
Ecology Under Lake Ice
Producer Will Cushman talks with Steve Powers, one of the authors of a new study published in the journal Ecology Letters about life under winter ice in many of the world’s freshwater lake ecosystems. Powers is a postdoctoral researcher at Washington State University. He received his PhD in limnology and marine science from UW-Madison. They […]
Invasive Species in the Great Lakes
Harvey Bootsma, a limnologist with the School of Freshwater Sciences at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, spoke with 8 O’Clock Buzz host Brian Standing about the explosion of invasive species in the Mississippi watershed and the Great Lakes.
Yahara 2070: Visions of our Environmental Future
One of the greatest challenges posed to climate researchers and environmental advocates is how to communicate the effect humans have on the land in a way that hits home. An interdisciplinary group of scientists, artists, and writers have approached the task with their own brand of hyperlocal, speculative storytelling. Yahara 2070, an initiative from the […]