CFL in the News

Last updated: October 22, 2009 

Awards & Recognition

Amphibians & Fish

General Environmental Issues 

Invasives

Lakes

 

 

Awards & Recognition


 

The Wisconsin Idea: Limnologist Casts the Human Factor into the Study of Lakes - University of Wisconsin-Madison, August 26, 2009 (Steve Carpenter)
What I do: I keep the UW limnology boats running - Wisconsin State Journal, August 17, 2009 (Dave Harring)
The J.C. Stevenson Memorial Lecture - Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research (CCFFR), January 2009 (Jake Vander Zanden) - Note: scroll down and click on Stevenson Lecture
Bringing Student Experience into the Classroom
- Teaching and Learning Insights, June 2008 (Stephanie Schmidt)
Ten faculty receive distinguished teaching awards - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, April 15, 2008 (Tony Ives, Trina McMahon)
Seven honored with Romnes awards - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, March 18, 2008 (Emily Stanley)
IRPE Laureates and Their Major Scientific Achievements - Inter Research Science Center (Jake Vander Zanden)
Phillip R. Certain Distinguished Faculty Award - Zoology Newsletter, October 29, 2007 (Jake Vander Zanden)
Madison's Peace Prize Winners - Isthmus, November 8, 2007 (John Magnuson)
Nobel Peace Prize - UW-Madison Faculty Contributed to IPCC Reports - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, October 12, 2007 (John Magnuson)
Limnologist to Receive Medal - Wisconsin State Journal, August 12, 2007 (Steve Carpenter) - Note: scroll down several paragraphs
Limnologist receives preeminent international award - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, August 10, 2007 (Steve Carpenter)
College of Letters & Science announces academic, classified staff awards - Wisconsin Week, March 28, 2007 (Mike Pecore)
Dedication Ceremony Honors Revered Freshwater Biologist- University of Wisconsin-Madison News, May 8, 2006 (Hasler Lab)
L&S announces annual awards - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, April 18, 2006 (Paul Hanson)


Amphibians & Fish

Looking Back to Look Ahead - Aquatic Sciences Chronicle On the Web, February 19, 2008 (Stephanie Schmidt, Jake Vander Zanden)
Preserved Fish and Stable Isotopes Help Reconstruct Historical Great Lakes Food Webs - Great Lakes Fishery Commission Press Release, February 4, 2008 (Stephanie Schmidt, Jake Vander Zanden)
Animation!
Fertilizer Runoff Triggers Frog Deformities - Science Bulletins, American Museum of Natural History, 2007 (Pieter Johnson)
Warming Water, Stress Cause Alewives to Die - Wisconsin State Journal, October 3, 2006 (Jim Kitchell)
From Madison to Mongolia: The Crusade for a Giant Fish - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, March 29, 2005 (David Gilroy, Jake Vander Zanden)


General Environmental Issues

Predicting tipping points before they occur - USA Today, September 9, 2009 (Steve Carpenter)
Migraine coming on? Maybe the planet feels the same - Environmental Research Web, September 7, 2009 (Steve Carpenter)
Early Warning Signals of Change: 'Tipping Points' Identified Where Sudden Shifts to New Conditions Occur - Science Daily, September 5, 2009 (Steve Carpenter)
Tipping points trigger abrupt shifts in people, society, nature - Thaindian News, September 5, 2009 (Steve Carpenter)
Is There a Climate-Change Tipping Point? - Time, September 4, 2009 (Steve Carpenter)
Tipping points - the universal warning signals for sudden change - European Science Foundation, September 3, 2009 (Steve Carpenter)
For those about to tip... - Heliophage, September 3, 2009 (Steve Carpenter)
Dead Ahead: Similar Early Warning Signals of Change in Climate, Ecosystems, Financial Markets, Human Health - National Science Foundation Press Release 09-161, September 2, 2009 (Steve Carpenter)
What Wall Street and nature have in common - msnbc, September 2, 2009 (Steve Carpenter)
*see also: Kansas City infozine, September 3, 2009; U.S. News & World Report, September 3, 2009; Ethiopian Review, September 3, 2009;
Sceintists Seek Warning Signs for Catastrophic Tipping Points - Wired Science, September 2, 2009 (Steve Carpenter) 
Buffering Wisconsin's Water Quality with Science - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, May 14, 2009 (Jake Vander Zanden, Jeff Maxted, Matt Diebel)
Avoiding Catastrophes -  The Economist, June 22, 2009 (Steve Carpenter)
Study: Can nature's leading indicators presage environmental disaster? - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, January 5, 2009 (Steve Carpenter)
New Project to Address Climate Change Impacts on Wisconsin
 - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, February 4, 2008 (John Magnuson, Richard Lathrop)
The Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts - Larry Meiller, Wisconsin Public Radio, February 27, 2008 (John Magnuson, Richard Lathrop) - click on Audio Archives to listen to program (aired at 11:45am)
Aging Infrastructure and Ecosystem Restoration
- Science 18 January 2008: Vol. 319. no. 5861, pp. 286 - 287 (Emily Stanley)
 The Nature of Art and Science - Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine, December 2007 (Tim Kratz, John Magnuson)  


Invasives

15,000 reasons to worry about state's lakes - Journal Sentinel Online, November 10, 2009 (Jake Vander Zanden)
Invasive species in lakes Mendota, Monona, Waubesa - WKOW TV, September 21, 2009 (Jake Vander Zanden)
In Our Backyard segment on invasive species - WORT, September 21, 2009 podcast (Jake Vander Zanden)
UW-Madison undergraduates make unwelcome discovery in Lake Mendota - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, September 16, 2009 (Jake Vander Zanden) * see also WisBusiness Press Releases 
UW Students discover invasive species in Lake Mendota - WKOW TV, September 16, 2009 (Jake Vander Zanden) 
Will a well-mixed, warmer lake doom invasive fish? - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, July 30, 2009 (Steve Carpenter, Chin Wu, Jordan Read)
Aquatic Invasive Species Still Threaten Lakes - WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio, July 17, 2009 (Jake Vander Zanden)
Reservoirs promote spread of aquatic invasive species - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, October 15, 2008 (Jake Vander Zanden, Pieter Johnson, Julian Olden)
The Smart Prevention Approach to Managing Invasive Species
- Wisconsin Great Lakes Chronicle 2007, Wisconsin Coastal Management  (Jeff Maxted, Jake Vander Zanden)
New Methods Developed to Estimate Sea Lamprey Damage - Great Lakes Fishery Commission Press Release, February 4, 2008 (Justin Fox, Jim Kitchell)
Invasive Species Spreads to Vilas County Lake in Wisconsin - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, August 31, 2007 (Jim Rusak, Jake Vander Zanden)
Study Shows Hope for Ridding Lakes of Clawed Invader - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, July 31, 2006 (Nicole Hayes, Ashley Gramza, Jake Vander Zanden, Steve Carpenter)
Lake Research Offers Clues to Managing Crayfish Invasions - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, August 3, 2004 (Brian Roth, Steve Carpenter)
It's An Aquatic Invasion! - Wisconsin State Journal, September 2, 2007 (Jake Vander Zanden) 


 

 

Lakes

Devil's Lake cleaning up, thanks to an interesting bit of science - Wisconsin Statue Journal, November 16, 2009 (Dick Lathrop)
Lake Mendota Scientists Move From One Challenge to the Next - WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio, October 16, 2009 (Steve Carpenter, Dave Harring, Jim Kitchell)
*View images from field trip with the Society of Environmental Journalists*
Climate change and lakes: Estimating sensitivities of water and carbon budgets - Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, August 27, 2009 (Jeff Cardille, Steve Carpenter, Jon Foley, Paul Hanson, Monica Turner, Julie Vano)
Cleaning Lake Wingra - Wisconsin State Journal video, September 2, 2009 (Dick Lathrop)
Without the carp, Lake Wingra cleans up - Wisconsin State Journal, September 2, 2009 (Dick Lathrop)
15,081 Jewels - Milwaukee Magazine, June 22, 2009 (Steve Carpenter, Tim Kratz, John Magnuson)
Blooming Limnologists
- University of Wisconsin-Madison News, July 20, 2009 (John Magnuson, Grandparents University)
Inland Lakes Around the World - WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio, April 22, 2009 (Paul Hanson, Tim Kratz)
Algae Season Looms for Madison Lakes - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, June 27, 2008 (Dick Lathrop)
State Initiative Gets Climate Change Discussion Rolling  - The Capital Times, June 18, 2008 (Dick Lathrop, John Magnuson)
Curiosities: Rough winters add salt to urban lakes - Wisconsin State Journal, April 9, 2008 (Steve Carpenter)
Landscape Ecologists Descend on Madison - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, April 4, 2008 (Noah Lottig)
Seize the carp! - The Capital Times, March 12, 2008 (Dick Lathrop)
Social-Ecological Feedbacks and the LTER Decadal Plan  - National Science Foundation News Release on the 7th annual symposium on long-term ecological research, February 21, 2008 (Steve Carpenter)
Lake Research - In Wisconsin, February 21, 2008 (Anne Small, Cynthia Rusak, Tim Kratz, Pam Montz, Susan Knight, Jim Rusak, Tim Meinke)
Scientists Continue to Test NASA Submarine in Lake Mendota - Channel 3000, February 15, 2008
Underwater Robot Lowered into Lake Mendota - Channel 3000, February 13, 2008
Recent Sightings: Icy Test Drive - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, February 12, 2008 (ENDURANCE)
Underwater Robot to Take Dip in Lake Mendota Monday - Channel 3000, February 8, 2008
Experts: Ice Quake Likely Caused Shaking on UW Campus - Channel 3000, February 1, 2008 (Jim Kitchell)
Getting to Know World of Bacteria– Wisconsin State Journal, January 12, 2008 (Trina McMahon)
Winter Ice on Lakes, Rivers, Ponds: A Thing of the Past?– National Science Foundation Discoveries, January 10, 2008 (Barbara Benson, Olaf Jensen, John Magnuson)
Decomposing Algae Likely Causing Pond Stench - Wisconsin State Journal, August 21, 2007 (Jim Kitchell)
Long Green Seen in Algae in City Lakes - Wisconsin State Journal, July 30, 2007 (Jennifer Jackowski)
It's Not About Looks - The Capital Times, July 13, 2007 (Dick Lathrop)
The Future of the Yahara Lakes: Realizing the Vision: The State of the Yahara Lakes - Madison City Channel 12, May 18, 2007 (Dick Lathrop, Ken Potter) (for a copy of the video, email Marilyn Larsen)
Expert Says Threats to the Yahara Lakes Are Substantial - Wisconsin State Journal, May 13, 2007 (Steve Carpenter)
Resident Bacteria May Help Clean Phosphorous from Lakes - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, May 2, 2007 (Katherine McMahon)
Lake Districts Serve As Prisms of Environmental Change - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, April 24, 2007 (Steve Carpenter)
Global Warming May Trigger 'Surprises' In Lakes - Wisconsin State Journal, January 11, 2007 (Steve Carpenter)
Thank the Wind for Chop on Lake Mendota - Wisconsin State Journal, October 19, 2006 (Jim Kitchell)
Surveys Track Changes, Trends With Area Lakes - Wisconsin State Journal, September 6, 2006 (Jim Kitchell)
What's weather buoy on Lake Mendota up to? - Wisconsin State Journal, August 15, 2006 (Denise Karns)
The Ice Culture - Madison Magazine, Feburary 2006 (John Magnuson)
Rare Alliance Forged to Protect Wisconsin Waters - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, February 21, 2006 (Jeff Maxted, Jake Vander Zanden)
Cool Tool: Lake Effect - On Wisconsin, Summer 2005 (Tim Kratz)
Professor Explores Science, Politics of Dams - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, May 18, 1999 (Emily Stanley)