Coolest job ever? These scientists ride snowmobiles to study ice on the Great Lakes
By Christian Elliott
Coolest job ever? These scientists ride snowmobiles to study ice on the Great Lakes
By Christian Elliott
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The so-called Winter Grab will see two dozen researchers take to the ice on snowmobiles, airboats and U.S. Coast Guard icebreakers on Feb. 14 to systematically measure lake ice depth and take water samples.
Reset talks with two scientists about the project and how human-caused climate change is affecting winter conditions in the Great Lakes.
GUESTS: Hunter Carrick, professor of biology, Central Michigan University
Steve Ruberg, group leader, Marine Instrumentation Laboratory, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory