Episode 35, 6/10/21 Coastal Engineering Education Project Transcript When Adam Bechle, Wisconsin Sea Grant’s coastal engineering outreach specialist, was growing up in Green Bay, he didn’t feel connected to Lake Michigan. When he visited the shore during rare school field trips, he enjoyed the outings but there was no one who could tell him how Read more about Coastal Engineering Education Project[…]
Episode 38, 11/2/21 Radium and Strontium Researchers Take a Seat at the Table Transcript You take a seat at the table for a meal in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and may have a glass of water to accompany the entrée. If you are University of Wisconsin-Madison Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Matt Ginder-Vogel and graduate Read more about Radium and Strontium Researchers Take a Seat at the Table[…]
Episode 3, 12/29/21 Lutefisk Wars! Transcript Sharon and Marie discover there are different camps that can get a little feisty when it comes to cooking this traditional holiday fish. Wisconsinites of Swedish and Norwegian descent feel strongly about their favorite preparation methods for lutefisk. We were invited into the home of Mary Childs in Port Read more about Lutefisk Wars![…]
New coastal resilience initiative along Lake Michigan to serve communities.
The next River Talk will take place at 7 p.m., Wednesday, January 12, in person at the Lake Superior Estuarium (3 Marina Dr., Superior, Wisconsin). Jeff Savage, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa cultural center and museum director, will share “Stories of Spirit Island.”
Episode 30, 1/8/21 Investigating the Fate of PFAS in Green Bay and Lake Michigan Transcript At the end of 2020, the Wisconsin PFAS Action Council released a final report of statewide initiatives regarding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ( also known as PFAS) with Gov. Evers to the public. Representing the entire University of Wisconsin System, Read more about Investigating the Fate of PFAS in Green Bay and Lake Michigan[…]
Episode 31, 1/26/21 Freshwater Steel Corrosion Occurring Beyond Lake Superior Harbors Transcript Visitors to the Superior and Duluth ship canals enjoy watching cargo ships come and go. What they may not realize is that the structures supporting these ships – such as docks and breakwalls — are under a silent and slow attack. The culprits Read more about Freshwater Steel Corrosion Occurring Beyond Lake Superior Harbors[…]
Episode 32, 3/15/21 Plastic-Free Program Targets Milwaukee Transcript The statistics are daunting: 93% of water bottled in the Great Lakes region contains microplastics. 85% of trash found on Great Lakes beaches is plastic. 21.8 million pounds of plastics enter the Great Lakes each year. Strolling through her Milwaukee community, Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Social Science Outreach Read more about Plastic-Free Program Targets Milwaukee[…]
Episode 33, 4/1/21 An Experimental Cultivation Method Could Mean Healthy Potato Yield and Healthier Water Transcript Fried, baked or mashed, we love our potatoes. What we don’t love is drinking water with lots of nitrate — a form of nitrogen that fuels a robust potato crop because it acts as a fertilizer. In the Central Read more about An Experimental Cultivation Method Could Mean Healthy Potato Yield and Healthier Water[…]
Episode 34, 6/3/21 Study will Examine effects of Reduced Ice Cover on Great Lakes Marine Transportation Transcript Many climate studies about the Great Lakes predict a trend toward reduced ice cover. Ice is expected to form later and melt earlier. With Wisconsin Sea Grant funding, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Superior (UWS) are looking into Read more about Great Lakes Shipping and Ice Cover Study[…]