Science Sundays at the KU Field Station
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โฃ๏ธ๐ฆ ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ: When Lakes Turn Toxic: Understanding and Predicting Harmful Algal Blooms โ ๏ธ๐ฑ
Toxic blue-green algal blooms are appearing in lakes across Kansas, posing risks to people, pets, and wildlife. Understanding these harmful algal blooms (HABs) is essential to protecting our water, our health, and the ecosystems we rely on. But what exactly are blue-green algae, why do these blooms occur, and how can we predict them before they happen?
Join Ted Harris, Associate Research Professor with the Kansas Biological Survey and Center for Ecological Research, for an inside look at the science behind HABs. Ted and the Lake Assessment team conduct large-scale experiments in replicated ponds and tanks at the KU Field Station and study algal blooms in reservoirs across Kansas. Their work focuses on identifying the environmental conditions that trigger blooms, understanding why some are more toxic than others, and finding ways to better predict and mitigate their impact. Come learn why this research matters to everyone who depends on clean, safe water!
After the talk, join Ted for a short optional walk to mesocosm tanks, where his lab is manipulating active algal blooms.
๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป: Sunday, July 20 at 2:00 p.m. (rescheduled from June)
๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ: KU Field Station, Armitage Education Center, 350 Wild Horse Road, Lawrence, Kansas 66044
โ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด: A mug for tea/coffee to help us reduce waste.
๐ง ๐ฃ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฃ to Wendy (d2VuZHlob2xtYW4gfCBrdSAhIGVkdQ==) as space is limited. It also helps us plan for seating and snacks! ๐ช
๐งช ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ! ๐ฑ๐ฌ
Toxic blue-green algal blooms are appearing in lakes across Kansas, posing risks to people, pets, and wildlife. Understanding these harmful algal blooms (HABs) is essential to protecting our water, our health, and the ecosystems we rely on. But what exactly are blue-green algae, why do these blooms occur, and how can we predict them before they happen?
Join Ted Harris, Associate Research Professor with the Kansas Biological Survey and Center for Ecological Research, for an inside look at the science behind HABs. Ted and the Lake Assessment team conduct large-scale experiments in replicated ponds and tanks at the KU Field Station and study algal blooms in reservoirs across Kansas. Their work focuses on identifying the environmental conditions that trigger blooms, understanding why some are more toxic than others, and finding ways to better predict and mitigate their impact. Come learn why this research matters to everyone who depends on clean, safe water!
After the talk, join Ted for a short optional walk to mesocosm tanks, where his lab is manipulating active algal blooms.
๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป: Sunday, July 20 at 2:00 p.m. (rescheduled from June)
๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ: KU Field Station, Armitage Education Center, 350 Wild Horse Road, Lawrence, Kansas 66044
โ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด: A mug for tea/coffee to help us reduce waste.
๐ง ๐ฃ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฃ to Wendy (d2VuZHlob2xtYW4gfCBrdSAhIGVkdQ==) as space is limited. It also helps us plan for seating and snacks! ๐ช
๐งช ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ! ๐ฑ๐ฌ
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