A Tiny Underwater Plant is Causing a Pungent Smell in Milwaukee
Dr. John Janssen was interviewed by WISN 12 about the diatom smell in Milwaukee. Click here to read the article.
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Could carbon pollution be turning the lakes more acidic? A lack of data has left scientists with more questions than answers.
Dr. Harvey Bootsma and his lab’s work on Lake Michigan were recently featured in Popular Science magazine. Click here to read the article.
A Legacy Gift to Preserve the Great Lakes
Thank you to Mike and Linda Loescher for establishing scholarship and research funds at the School of Freshwater Sciences to protect the Great Lakes! Please read about their legacy by clicking here.
Philip Hurst, a first year student at the School of Freshwater Sciences, prepared a documentary providing critical analysis of the case study of Zanesville, Ohio’s “Coal Run” neighborhood
Philip Hurst, a first year student here at SFS, prepared this documentary providing a critical analysis of the case study of Zanesville, Ohio’s “Coal Run” neighborhood for his final project in his F.A.I.R. Water Policy class. Philip’s video is a… Read More
Outreach Manager, Liz Sutton, joins E/V Nautilus as a science communicator Nov. 2-16.
Read the article here: https://uwm.edu/news/uwm-staffer-joins-ocean-exploration-with-man-who-discovered-the-titanic/.
Teen scientists went looking for meteorites in the Great Lakes. They found another type of alien.
A group of teenagers, members of a scientific mission called the Aquarius Project gathered in a circle aboard our 71-foot research vessel – the Neeskay. Read their story here.
Aquatic Invasives in Lake Michigan – Changes to the Food Web Along Milwaukee’s Fresh Coast
UWM School of Freshwater Sciences PhD candidate Emily Tyner discusses how aquatic invasives remain one of the most significant threats to both the ecological and economic health of the region. Join her Wednesday, Sept 26 7:00 – 8:30 pm at the… Read More
A War in the Waters of Lake Michigan
This work could be an incredibly positive game changer for Lake Michigan. Read about Professor Harvey Bootsma and our researchers and students investigating algae problems here.
Entire South Shore Park beach to be moved to avoid E. coli and frequent closings
Professor Sandra McLellan has been studying South Shore Beach for over a decade. Learn how our work is contributing to this conversation in this article.
Green Bay Dead Zone A Persistent Summertime Problem
UW-Milwaukee Researchers Investigating Cause, Environmental Impacts Of Low Oxygen In Bay Of Green Bay – Listen and Read the story here.