Category: Healthy Ecosystems
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Posted on April 11, 2017
The science farm: A decades-long project offers insights into agriculture
On a still and warm summer morning, as scientists drive along the dirt roads that crisscross the Arlington Agricultural Research Station, the fields sweep in […]
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Posted on March 29, 2017
Four UW-Madison faculty members honored for teaching, research, service
Four members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty will be recognized for their distinguished contributions to teaching, research and service on Monday, April 3. This […]
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Posted on March 28, 2017
Enzyme structures illuminate mechanism behind bacteria’s bioremediation prowess
Bacteria, like humans and animals, must eat. Sometimes, they consume a pollutant in the environment that humans want to get rid of, a process called […]
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Posted on March 17, 2017
Enormous swarms of midges teach about interconnected landscapes
Swarms of midges rise out of a lake in northern Iceland in such enormous numbers every spring and summer that they can impair breathing and […]
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Spring lawn care – Audio
/RSS FeedDoug Soldat, Extension Turfgrass and Urban Soil Specialist Department of Soil Science UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences djsoldat@wisc.edu (608) 263-3631 3:06 – Total […]
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Posted on March 14, 2017
Study quantifies role of ‘legacy phosphorus’ in reduced water quality
For decades, phosphorous has accumulated in Wisconsin soils. Though farmers have taken steps to reduce the quantity of the agricultural nutrient applied to and running […]
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Posted on March 10, 2017
Cheese, cows and manure: Systems approach makes tough decisions easier to digest
Wisconsin is known as America’s Dairyland. More than one-third of all the cows in United States live on more than 3,000 farms in Wisconsin. Those […]
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Posted on March 2, 2017
Fast-track master’s preps graduates for jobs in energy analysis
For decades, American energy companies have tried to persuade customers to use less energy. Using giveaways and various other financial incentives, utilities have promoted new […]
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Posted on February 7, 2017
Forest ‘islands’ offer refuge to wintering birds
The polar vortex of 2013 and 2014 brought the coldest winter many parts of the Midwest had experienced in decades. In Dane County, Wisconsin, it […]
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Posted on February 6, 2017
Beyond eating: Indirectly, deer change the landscape
It is widely known that the white-tailed deer is a nonstop eater. Unless it is sleeping or fleeing from a predator, the keystone North American […]