50: A Bizarrely Average Year
Stuart and Carolyn speak with James Kessler of the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab about lake ice coverage, shoveling snow for ice hockey, and the smoothest way to plug old episodes. Note that mere days after this was recorded, West Lafayette got about 18" of snow, so, as usual, Stuart has no idea what he is talking about.
Stuart and Carolyn speak with James Kessler of the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab about lake ice coverage, spaghetti diagrams, and shoveling snow for ice hockey.
Links:
National Ice Center https://usicecenter.gov/Products/GreatLakesHome
Links:
National Ice Center https://usicecenter.gov/Products/GreatLakesHome
Canadian Ice Service https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/ice-forecasts-observations/latest-conditions.html
Lake Superior Twitter
GLERL website (and ice page and Twitter)
Frita Batidos https://fritabatidos.com/
Keewenaw Peninsula & town of Calumet https://www.keweenaw.info/
Credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Co-Host: Carolyn Foley
Producers: Hope Charters, Carolyn Foley, Megan Gunn, & Irene Miles
Music by: Stuart Carlton
Creators and Guests
Host
Stuart Carlton
Stuart Carlton is the Assistant Director of the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program. He manages the day-to-day operation of IISG and works with the IISG Director and staff to coordinate all aspects of the program. He is also a Research Assistant Professor and head of the Coastal and Great Lakes Social Science Lab in the Department of Forestry & Natural Resources at Purdue, where he and his students research the relationship between knowledge, values, trust, and behavior in complex or controversial environmental systems.