Art as a Voice for Science
Environmental science painter and muralist Adam Swanson described how he mixes art and science for the April River Talk.
Author: University of Wisconsin Sea Grant
Using soft skills to communicate hard science
Student worker Serena George’s comic-style scientific poster was runner-up for best poster for the Midwest SETAC Meeting poster session.
The Big Picture on Bluff Erosion Along Lake Michigan
High water levels in Lake Michigan since 2013 have caused erosion rates that are faster than usual, especially in 2020, when lake levels set records. This has created an urgent need to know more about erosion processes along and in the lake. Lucas Zoet with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Geoscience and his research …
Aquatic invasive species management through people management
Natural resource management issues often boil down to people management issues. To make meaningful progress in aquatic invasive species management issues, human behavior must be taken into account. Intersections between natural and social science is the theme of a recent article written by Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Tim Campbell and University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Bret Shaw.
Green Infrastructure for Community Health
Gardening has been shown to be good for our physical and mental wellbeing. This year, why not plant a garden that will also improve your community’s health?
Great Lakes Julie
For National Poetry Month, our science writer turns a saltwater song into a freshwater one.
Testing Ceded Territories for PFAS at request of tribes
The three-year tribally driven project called, “Quantifying PFAS bioaccumulation and health impacts on economically important plants and animals associated with aquatic ecosystems in Ceded Territories,” was recently funded. The project has three goals: One is to assess aquatic environments for PFAS contamination in the Ceded Territories, two is to determine the accumulation of PFAS in …
The Great Lakes BioBlitz
Everyone’s invited to celebrate Earth Day with the kickoff of the Center for Great Lakes Literacy’s 4th Annual Great Lakes BioBlitz.