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Undercurrents – The Hidden Knowledge of Groundwater
New Podcast Series May 25, 2017 By Elizabeth A. White If you’ve ever thrown a penny in a well and made a wish, you’ve participated in the cross-cultural ritual of casting offe...
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This is Your Soil on Acid
Could increased nitrates in soil be leading to an increase in uranium in groundwater? A pair of UW Stevens-Point researchers are digging into the question. March 29, 2017 By Aaro...
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Groundwater Is the Focus of International Digital Award-Winning Communication Piece
Jan. 17, 2017 In a world of Tweets, popular audio podcasts like “Serial” and video chronicling all aspects of everyday life, communication has taken on a new tenor. This digital appro...
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New Project Attacks Urban Water Contamination Through Science and Policy
December 12, 2016 By Marie Zhuikov University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee researcher Sandra McLellan is heading one of five research proposals that received funding in a national annual...
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Learn About Wisconsin’s Water Wealth at Sauk Prairie Library
Nov. 21, 2016 The Sauk City Public Library will host a traveling photo display on Wisconsin water, created by the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program and University of W...
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Thanksgiving for Wisconsin’s Waters
Nov. 21, 2016 It’s the time of year to take stock of the previous 10 months and tally up gratitude. Wisconsin Sea Grant and its sister program the University of Wisconsin Water Resour...
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In Muskego? Visit the Traveling Water Exhibit
Oct. 28, 2016 The Muskego Public Library will host a traveling photo display on Wisconsin water, created by the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program and University of Wiscons...
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Rising Water Temperatures Change Timing of Great Lakes Fish Migrations
October 27, 2016 By Katy Thostenson “We think of fish not only as worth protecting and understanding in their own right, but also as important vectors of nutrients that fertilize...
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The Scope of the Problem
UW-Green Bay Researcher Charts Groundwater Issues in Understudied Parts of the State October 24, 2016 By Aaron R. Conklin There’s arsenic in the groundwater in Wisconsin’s Out...
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Art and Science and Water Talk on Madison Campus
Oct. 6, 2016 An Oct. 21 talk, Flux: Water in Art and Science, will explore how water—acting simultaneously as a biological, ecological, social, political and aesthetic phenomenon—info...
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West Bend Hosts Water of Wisconsin Photography Display in October
Oct. 5, 2016 Like much of Wisconsin, West Bend is near water—surface and groundwater, as well as being located about 15 miles from Lake Michigan. For the residents of the city, a trav...
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How Very Meta
A pair of UW-Milwaukee researchers will map the bacterial colonies of a series of well aquifers near Waukesha using cutting-edge metagenomics September 21, 2016 By Aaron R. Conkl...
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Switching from Lakes to Streams: Alex Latzka, New Water Resources Policy Fellow
August 22, 2016 By Marie Zhuikov Although he grew up in Massachusetts, Alex Latzka fell in love with Wisconsin’s lakes and streams when visiting relatives in his youth. That love l...
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Three New Studies Aim to Protect and Better Manage Wisconsin’s Water Wealth
Radium, Which Is Source of Waukesha’s Water Troubles, Is One Focus July 28, 2016 By Moira Harrington This month, three new groundwater research projects get underway on three ...
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Unraveling the Radium Riddle
WRI-funded researchers dig deep to pinpoint the source of Wisconsin’s next big water-quality issue July 20, 2016 By Aaron R. Conklin Over the last several years, the city of W...
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