Author: oferrell

Last year, a solar project in Dane County opened with the idea of combining green energy and farming. Known as “agrivoltaics,” the co-location of solar energy and agriculture …

Zach Feiner is a fisheries biologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He’s hoping to catch walleye, an olive green and gold, cool-water fish in the perch family. It’s one of potentially dozens of fish species that could be affected by disappearing lake ice.

Every winter, hundreds of people ritually descend upon a frozen lake In Madison, Wisconsin. This year they’re there, partially, to get jiggy to the 1992 hit song “Jump Around”. It’s the precursor to what’s allegedly the only 5K race performed entirely on lake ice.

No matter where you live in the United States, you have likely seen headlines about PFAS being detected in everything from drinking water to fish to milk to human bodies.

Ankur Desai, AOS professor and chair, has been named the recipient of the 2025 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Sulzman Award for Scientific Excellence through Education and Mentoring.

Water. Fire. Air. When it comes to today’s biggest environmental challenges, these are the elements at the heart of the issues. Meet three L&S experts who are at the top of their field in finding sustainable solutions.

UW-Madison researchers, who study Wisconsin’s lakes, are grappling with uncertainty as cuts to the National Science Foundation (NSF) could threaten decades of freshwater research.

The National Ground Water Association and Groundwater Foundation has selected Steven Loheide as the 2026 Darcy Distinguished Lecturer.

Katherine (Trina) McMahon will present “Ecogenomics of freshwater lake bacteria“ as part of the School of Freshwater Sciences Fall colloquium. March 10 @ 3pm

Love the Great Lakes? Join Allison Devereaux as she explores the largest freshwater system on earth. Unsalted: a podcast for people who live, work and play on the Great Lakes.