PNM’er Will Cushman attended and recorded a very fascinating presentation on the emergence of invasive Zebra mussels into Lake Mendota. So, on this pledge drive edition of the Perpetual Notion Machine, Will presents various clips from that talk given by UW-Madison limnologist Jake Vander Zanden. This talk was sponsored by the Clean Lakes Alliance, and […]
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 […]
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 […]
La Limnología, los lagos de Madison y #MonitorMendota
¿Qué es la limnología? ¿Por qué no se veía muy clara el agua de los lagos de Madison? Nadya Ponce nos saca de dudas sobre este y otros temas relacionados.
Babbling Brooks… Full of Methane?
That beautiful babbling brook may be … contributing to global warming? Well, yes…. sort of. Researcher John Crawford tells us the all the complex details.
Rising Temperatures In Wisconsin And How They Will Effect Trout Popula...
At the top of the hour of the Monday morning 8 O’Clock Buzz, Jake Vander Zanden from the Center For Limnology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, joined Brian Standing to talk about Trout Fishing In Wisconsin. Do you think Richard Brautigan wrote a book about that too? Trout fishing is good […]