![Lake Superior Ice](/sites/scse.d.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/umd_news/ice.jpg?itok=o-C0jQIq)
It's hard to study underneath the ice, but that doesn't mean nothing is happening.
![Student & Professor in Lake Superior](/sites/scse.d.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/umd_news/burst_lakeresearch.jpg?itok=S2b3cxti)
A UMD student and her professor travel along the shores of Lake Superior picking up concrete tiles.
![Boat on Lake Malawi](/sites/scse.d.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/umd_news/airdrill2.jpg?itok=pGEcj8yA)
A research process that began more than 20 years ago at UMD sheds light on centuries of African climate conditions.