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For healthier lakes, rivers, and drinking water, hold the salt , C&EN, February 4, 2019 (Hilary Dugan)How the Midwest is dealing with wintery ‘climate chaos’ , The Verge, Febuary 1, 2019 (John Magnuson)Lakes ‘skating on thin ice’ as warming limits freeze , BBC News, January 28, 2019, (CFL – Sapna Sharma, John Magnuson, Samantha Oliver, Ryan Batt, Madeline Magee, Luke Winslow, et al)Study Links Loss of Ice Cover on Lakes to Climate Change , WI Public Radio, January 28, 2019, (CFL – Sapna Sharma, John Magnuson, Samantha Oliver, Ryan Batt, Madeline Magee, Luke Winslow, et al)
Lakes are shedding winter ice at record pace , National Geographic, January 28, 2019, (CFL – Sapna Sharma, John Magnuson, Samantha Oliver, Ryan Batt, Madeline Magee, Luke Winslow, et al)Widespread loss of lake ice around the Northern Hemisphere in a warming world , Nature, January 2019 (CFL – Sapna Sharma, John Magnuson, Samantha Oliver, Ryan Batt, Madeline Magee, Luke Winslow, et al)Know Your Madisonian: Easy on the (road) salt, UW-Madison expert urges , Wisconsin State Journal, December 1, 2018 (Hilary Dugan)Just reducing lake levels won’t prevent flooding. We need to do more. , Isthmus, November 29, 2018 (Dick Lathrop)UW’s most interesting Twitter accounts you need to follow , UW News, October 3, 2018 (Hilary Dugan)Richard Lathrop: Help lakes drain to prevent future floods , Wisconsin State Journal, September 15, 2018 (Dick Lathrop)Wisconsin’s Floods are Catastrophic – And Only Getting Worse , Wired, September 8, 2018 (Adam Hinterthuer)Wisconsin’s catastrophic flooding is a glimpse of the Midwest’s drenched future , Grist, September 5, 2018 (Adam Hinterthuer)‘Something funny happened’: UW limnologists keeping a close eye on Lake Mendota after flood , Cap Times, August 24, 2018 (Stanley)Campus situated between two lakes means beauty, but also high waters sometimes , UW News, August 24, 2018 (Daniel Haryanto, Ella Norris)Swimmer’s Itch Is Pesky, but You Can Avoid It , WXPR local public radio, August 14, 2018 (Susan Knight)Many help clean and study the lakes, but progress is elusive , WI State Journal, August 5, 2018 (Steve Carpenter, Hilary Dugan, Tommy Shannon)Scientists present research at open house even in Boulder Junction , News Watch 12, August 3, 2018 (Dominick Ciruzzi, Susan Knight)Smith: Can the walleye population rebound in McDermott Lake if bass and panfish are reduced? , Journal Sentinel online, June 30, 2018 (Holly Embke)The heat is on: 16 of Madison’s 19 beaches closed as temperatures rise , Wisconsin State Journal, June 29, 2018 (Jenna Szalewski)Scientist To Discuss Road Salt in Lakes , WXPR, March 26, 2018 (Hilary Dugan)A Secret Superpower, Right in Your Backyard , The New York Times, March 6, 2018 (Carly Ziter)Advocates Fear Climate Change, Regulatory Rollbacks Threaten Wisconsin Wetlands , Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), February 28, 2018 (John Magnuson)High road salt use causing Wisconsin lakes to suffer , CBS WDJT 58-Milwaukee, February 20, 2018 (Hilary Dugan)Ask an Expert – It’s a Jungle Down There: Zebra Mussels Rapidly Changing Madison Lakes , February 7, 2018 (Mike Spear, Adam Hinterthuer)Melting away According to science, we’re losing something magical , Isthmus cover story, February 1, 2017 (Adam Hinterthuer)America’s Rivers Are Getting Saltier…which can cause big problems for aging pipes that carry drinking water , The Atlantic, January 8, 2018 (Hilary Dugan)
Bass set to Win, Walleye Lose Under Warming Projections. Blog, Jan 2017 Zebra Mussel Invasion in Full Swing In Lake Mendota, Blog post 6-7-17
