Ask a Scientist: Lake Superior’s Warming Trend

April 3 & 4, 2007

Tuesday, April 3, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Blue Water Café

On the harbor, Grand Marais, MN

Wednesday, April 4, 7 – 8 p.m.

Amazing Grace Bakery and Café

Canal Park, Duluth, MN

Lake Superior is warming about twice as fast as the air around it. Discuss the relationships among ice cover, air temperature, wind speed, and water temperature with UMD’s Large Lakes Observatory/Physics Department researcher, Jay Austin.

“Ask a Scientist” encourages people to discuss ideas in science and technology with researchers. Inspired by the internationally successful Café Scientifique, Minnesota Sea Grant invites youths and adults to—Eat. Drink. Talk Science!

FREE.