Tag: Soil science
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Posted on March 9, 2023
Five Counterintuitive Facts for the Conscientious Lawn Owner
Healthy lawns can prevent phosphorus from entering lakes and streams, where it causes problematic algal blooms. Phosphorus is an important element for plant growth. […]
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Posted on October 18, 2022
Run, Research, Repeat — Until There’s Food for All
Elias Kemna BSx’23 is on track in his college career, and in more ways than one. First, he’s a member of the Wisconsin Track […]
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Posted on June 16, 2021
A Wisconsin Idea Win-Win
At a sweeping bend of the Mississippi River, where the waterway widens and flows through shimmering Lake Pepin, tourists come to snarf slabs of […]
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Posted on February 25, 2021
Seven Things Everyone Should Know about . . . Tardigrades
1. Tardigrades are tiny, water-loving animals. They prefer wet environments, and as long as the conditions are right, they can be found all over […]
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Posted on February 25, 2020
Groundbreaking Women Scholars of CALS
Marguerite Davis, Elizabeth McCoy, and Esther Lederberg were all remarkable researchers and women in their own right, but CALS has seen the likes of many […]
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A Mining History Charted in Soil
Long ago, lead and zinc mining were a way of life for the people of Southwest Wisconsin. But the industries left their imprint in the […]
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The Soil Doctor Is In
For Jingyi Huang, it all started with a pair of orange hula hoops. At least, that’s what they looked like to him when he was […]
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Posted on June 19, 2019
‘App’-riculture
Mike Cerny has been farming long enough to have a reliable intuition when it comes to decisions about applying chemical protection to his crops. So […]
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The Nature Effect
If you excelled in your college science classes, chances are you spent much of your youth outside the city limits or exploring nature with grass […]
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Posted on October 17, 2018
Controlled Burn
In a small utility room in UW–Madison’s Animal Science Building, the world’s smallest and most precise forest fire is burning. The fuel today: 100 grams […]
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Deer Disease Reservoirs
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a progressive illness that causes severe weight loss and eventually death in deer and elk. The disease has been detected […]
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In the Field | Alumni Making Their Marks as Entrepreneurs
Enterprising Alumni Many CALS graduates go on to launch small businesses, patent new products, and found successful companies, among other entrepreneurial endeavors. This special “In […]