Left to right: Abby Ross, Adeline Kelly, Bella Oleksy, MJ Farruggia, Katie Gannon Last week a subset of the Mountain Limnolgy Lab traveled to Montreal for the first ever joint meeting of the International Limnology Society and the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography! Our work was spread across several sessions including ones around the themes of winter limnology (Abby, Kate, Bella) and mountain limnology (MJ, Adeline). The meeting invigorated our passio

Colorado science journalist recently published a piece about our ongoing research on high-elevation lake greening. Read the full article here: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-reveal-why-rocky-mountain-lakes-are-turning-green/

For over 40 years, the U.S. Forest Service has been collecting data from 35 high-altitude lakes to drive an understanding of environmental changes. The Steamboat Pilot and Aspen Times recently highlighted an ongoing synthesis led by Dr. MJ Farruggia that she presented at the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Reseach Station in Fort Collins, CO. Summit Lake, located in the Mount Blue Sky Wilderness in the Arapahoe National Forest, is among the lakes that have been sampled fo