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The Impact of Our Use
A new set of WRI research projects examines how the ways we're now using groundwater may be affecting our environment.
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Wisconsin Water Library Improves Online Experience
The Water Library has a modern new website with a wealth of new content for parents and teachers. Among the additions are lesson plans for teaching water and Great Lakes science to k...
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Wisconsin’s New Water Fellowships
Jan. 31, 2016 The University of Wisconsin Aquatic Sciences Center, the administrative home to both the University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute (WRI) and the University of Wi...
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Water Photography Display Makes Its Way to New Berlin
Jan. 28, 2016 The New Berlin Public Library will host a traveling photo display on Wisconsin water, created by the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program and University of Wisc...
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Mapping for Water Knowledge Webinar and National Challenge
Jan. 19, 2016 The University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute and Minnesota Sea Grant are pairing up to get 9th- through 12th-graders in the Great Lakes region to think about and th...
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Fen-Tastic
WRI researchers will use spectrometry to map the health of key Wisconsin wetlands. June 30, 2017 By Aaron R. Conklin You’ve likely heard of fens, a particular type of miry and...
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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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