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Lake Michigan is teeming with life. But over time, its food web — from the smallest plankton to the largest fish — has been impacted. Overfishing and waves of invasive species have taken their toll. Now, climate change is flexing its muscles in the Lake Michigan ecosystem. On land, we’ve felt and seen it during what’s been the warmest winter on record.
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Echo, a UW-Milwaukee Freshwater Sciences graduate student, teaches young people at the K-12 level about freshwater systems and conservation through their underwater performances as Mermaid Echo.
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The Waukesha Water Utility began pumping treated lake water purchased from the city of Milwaukee.
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Famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted designed the Lake Park. He included a short, curvy road that cuts through a ravine. The picturesque drive links Lincoln Memorial Dr. below to Lake Drive above. Drivers haven’t been able to traverse the ravine for nearly a decade.
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While many universities welcome students back this time of year, research doesn’t follow an academic clock. Take the work of Jim Waples at the UWM School of Freshwater Sciences. This summer, the scientist and his students were out analyzing samples taken from Lake Michigan.
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The startup company is working with the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District to clean wastewater.
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A Bubbler Talk listener asks how Lake Michigan often has several shades of blue at once.
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Bubbler Talk question asker Mark Behar has lived on Milwaukee's east side since the 1970s. He remembers a calming, consistent foghorn off the lakefront whenever there was inclement weather. He wants to know: What changed?
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A Bubbler Talk question-asker wondered what kinds of fish are seen leaping in the Milwaukee River. We set out to learn the answer.
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Phosphorus is a common fertilizer for farm fields, but the nutrient impacts freshwater systems around the state. Scientist Harvey Bootsma, whose focus is Lake Michigan, will participate in a conference being held Tuesday in Madison—a wide range of researchers and stakeholders will discuss ways to reduce phosphorus levels in watersheds.