How thick is the ice on the Great Lakes? Scientists want your help.

How thick is the ice on the Great Lakes? Scientists want your help.

Scientists in the Midwest are asking for help from the public this winter to measure ice thickness on the Great Lakes and other inland lakes in the region, which they plan to use to improve ice-forecasting models.  Satellites do a good job at capturing how much ice coverage there is, but not how thick it is, according to researchers at the Great Lakes Observing System, or GLOS, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. More data could give researchers insight as …