Water & Environment
UWM’s green roofs provide important habitat for bees
Research done by Conservation and Environmental Science students shows UWM’s green roofs provide important habitat for bees.
UWM provides a tasty treat for fish-eating zoo animals: live prey
Fish-eating animals at the Milwaukee County Zoo now get an occasional treat, compliments of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The animals can hunt in their enclosures for live fish raised as part of aquaculture research at the School of Freshwater Sciences.
New online tracker allows you to watch spring start
Mark D. Schwartz, a distinguished professor of geography, developed the spring indices, which measure relationships between temperature and plant growth.
Research partners work toward a cleaner South Shore
All too often, a day at the beach becomes a risky activity when advisories are issued because of elevated bacteria levels.
UWM strategizes climate change policy for the Great Lakes
UWM’s Center for Water Policy convened a group of nationally renowned experts from the Great Lakes region.
UWM sturgeon for the Shedd
UWM supplied the Shedd Aquarium with the biological equivalent of 135 million years of Great Lakes ecosystem history in the form of 14 lake sturgeon.
How healthy is Green Bay? The mayflies know
The disappearance of the insect has robbed Lake Michigan’s Green Bay of what UWM biologist Jerry Kaster refers to as a once bustling “walleye factory.”
Green operations thrive across campus
“Sustainability efforts at UWM are where they are right now because of strong, campuswide engagement,” says UWM Sustainability Chief Kate Nelson.
Faculty-student team tackles water quality
UWM researchers a have been working with the Milwaukee Health Department to study the health of Milwaukee’s beaches and the surrounding water.
A model for managing resources across borders
The aim of managing the world’s large river systems may not necessarily be to sustain them.