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Researchers Find Strontium in Northeastern Wisconsin Wells
University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute researchers have discovered strontium in the drinking water of people living in Brown and Outagamie counties near Green Bay, Wis.
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How Much is Too Much?
WRI-funded researchers try to chart the levels of toxic Chromium-6 in Wisconsin water, and detail the factors that lead to its formation.
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Ancient Oaks Help Scientists Study Climate in Southwestern Wisconsin
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville will analyze ring-width patterns within cores taken from old oak trees found in southwestern Wisconsin’s Driftless Region. The effort is for a two-year study funded by the University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute into signs of long-term variability in rainfall and climate conditions.
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Climate Change is Focus of New Water Resources Institute Projects
The University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute has announced funding of $55,400 for two projects over the next two years. Both involve strengthening the abilities of community planners to respond to climate change by providing them with new tools and information.
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Study Shows Mercury Deposited Into Lakes Quickly Finds Its Way Into Fish
Researchers have found that “new” mercury added to a lake during a study got assimilated into the food chain faster than “old” mercury that already existed in the environment.
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A Little From a Lot
September 17, 2012 By Aaron R. Conklin Stroll through any standard-issue suburban subdivision and you’ll likely key in on the familiar hallmarks: large homes with large driveways,
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Using Nature as a Guide for Radioactive and Hazardous Waste Containment
WRI researcher Craig Benson studies the effectiveness of cover and barrier systems. "Nature is the big equalizer."
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Jim Hurley Named as New Director of the Water Resources Institute
University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School Dean Martin Cadwallader named Jim Hurley to be the next director of the Water Resources Institute. He assumes the position on May 1.
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Tracking Antibiotics in Wisconsin’s Soil
WRI researcher Zhaohui “George” Li, professor and chair of the Geosciences Department at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, has been able to characterize the ways in which antibiotics are absorbed into the two most common types of clay minerals in Wisconsin soil, where they begin to interact with—and possibly mutate—soil microbes.
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Consider the Tide Under Your Feet
Groundwater Awareness Week is March 11 - 17
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WRI Fuels Research on the Ecological Impacts of Biofuel Cultivation
Measuring leachate and nutrients in groundwater recharge across eight different model cropping systems could lead to a database that could guide future biofuel cropping efforts.
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Andren Calls it a Career
After three-plus decades of guiding UW WRI and its sister organization, Sea Grant, in new and exciting directions, Anders Andren announces his retirement and reflects on his sizable accomplishments.
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One Man’s Finger Pincher is Another Man’s Weed Remover
Read a perspective about invasive species that fill our inland waters and the Great Lakes. This is an essay from the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant's aquatic invasive species outreach specialist.
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Sucker Migration Harbinger of Climate Change
How do fish know when to migrate? Climate change may be playing an increasingly important factor.
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Wisconsin Role in International Mercury Research on Display
Wisconsin researchers have a big role to play at the 10th annual International Conference on Mercury the week of July 25. It's just a continuation of a long tradition of work on toxics in the environment.
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