51ÁÔÆæ’s Innovative Weather Center, which gives student meteorologists real-world experience, is closing. Innovative Weather has been in operation for 17 years and is a completely unique program where students can learn how to forecast.
Wisconsin Examiner Speaks with Meteorological Professor about Climate Change and Extreme Weather
Wisconsin is part of the global trend of recent heat waves. 51ÁÔÆæ Atmospheric Sciences Professor Clark Evans shares how a new method of computer modeling is being used for heat wave predictions and looks at the impact of these heat waves on our communities.
W51ÁÔÆæ 89.7 FM Features SFS Team Using Radioactive Atoms in Water Research
51ÁÔÆæ School of Freshwater Sciences researcher Jim Waples and his two grad students, Rachel Smith and Gage Hunter, spent the summer on the Neeskay. They were gathering samples of radioactive atoms for their research on tracking particle transport in water.
NPR Features SFS Researchers: Why Does Lake Michigan Change Color?
NPR’s Here and Now program highlighted Lina Tran’s recent story on W51ÁÔÆæ about why Lake Michigan appears to change color. She joined SFS scientists Russell Cuhel and Carmen Aguilar-Diaz on the R/V Neeskay to learn about this phenomenon and their research.