In a recent article for聽The Conversation, Peyton McCauley, Water Policy Specialist, and Professor Melissa Scanlan, Director, of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee鈥檚 Center for Water Policy聽examined the growing water demands of data centers driven by artificial intelligence, and why transparency and …
Set to be released on August 19,聽鈥淪aving our Sturgeon: Protecting Wisconsin鈥檚 Ancient Fish,鈥澛爐ells the story of how conservation efforts rescued lake sturgeon from extinction in Wisconsin. With kid-friendly illustrations, photos, and maps, the book explains how factors like overfishing and …
The historic flooding that took place overnight on Saturday, August 9 affected many in the Milwaukee area and surrounding region. With some areas hit harder than others, Governor Tony Evers declared a state of emergency and deployed the National Guard …
Associate dean and professor Harvey Bootsma and his lab are a small team that’s dedicated to a monumental task: finding a way to kill invasive quagga mussels that blanket the lake bottom and starve whitefish to death. Whitefish face collapse …
Harvey Bootsma‘s lab has been working to combat the invasive quagga mussels, despite inadequate funding for research.
Lake Michigan’s rising temperatures could be changing the taste of your tap water. Water treatment officials and freshwater scientists say the changes are natural and the water remains safe to drink despite seasonal taste and odor differences. Racine County residents …
The work of Harvey Bootsma’s lab to remove invasive mussels from Lake Michigan was referenced in a Wisconsin Public Radio article on rejuvenating the whitefish population in Lake Michigan. The commercial harvest of the fish has declined nearly 90 percent …
Cora Sutherland, Interim Assistant Director, and Professor Melissa Scanlan, Director, of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee鈥檚 Center for Water Policy recently explored how offshore wind in the Great Lakes could meet regional electricity needs 鈥� and why now is the time …
The McLellan lab‘s work was referenced in this Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article, chronicling the construction project of the new beach at South Shore Park. With their decades-long monitoring of the beach, the team found that bacteria, impervious surfaces that increased …
Nothing ruins a day at the lake like E. coli. At elevated levels, the bacteria 鈥� which is prevalent in the guts and feces of both humans and animals 鈥� can make people sick, forcing beach managers to post advisories or …
