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Northland College student Andy Kasun stands with his winning academic poster

Burke Center Student Researchers Take Top Prizes

Kasun and Ulman Showcase Freshwater Research at AGU

…with a degree in water science and an emphasis in water resources and will be applying to graduate schools. Ulman presented her research and poster on quantifying the distribution of phosphorus fractions in the sediment of Chequamegon Bay in Lake Superior. She worked with Hudson, Ullman, Environmental Chemist Chris McNerney,…

Lake Superior and beach

Geologic Perspectives on Climate Change

…geologic setting for the refreshing artesian-well water that I sip from my water bottle. The field of geology provides a unique perspective on climate change. Rocks, sediments (i.e. really small rocks) and ice (i.e. melt-able “rocks”) tell stories about past climate conditions on earth. There have been cold times and…

Pebble beach

Great Lakes governors to decide Waukesha water proposal

By Aaron Selbig, Interlochen Public Radio The city of Waukesha, Wisconsin has high levels of radium in its water supply. The city hopes to solve the problem by taking water out of Lake Michigan. Waukesha is in a county that straddles the Great Lakes basin and under the Great Lakes…

Four Northland College students sit in a boat with survey equipment

The Life Aquatic of the Penokee Hills

Students Survey Fish Populations

…She became interested in fish communities and their food web connections after conducting water surveys in the Penokee Hills. The lakes are close in proximity, only a mile apart as the crow flies in spots but connected sometimes by thirty miles of stream. With so much water flowing she hypothesized…