The Great Lakes Froze in a Way Scientists Didn’t Expect
A January 2025 cold wave plunged Chicago into subzero temperatures, initially without snow. By late January, snowfall ...
NASA Image Captures Ice Pile Up on Lake Michigan
Stunning satellite imagery reveals the aftermath of a deep freeze in Chicago, showcasing ice formations on Lake Michigan and ...
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Researchers are fishing for a clearer picture of Great Lakes ice
This is a bit of a departure from some of GLOS’s past work, like a website called Seagull that aggregates sensor-based, ...
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Study shows winters on the Great Lakes are getting two weeks shorter each decade
The Great Lakes are losing about 14 winter days every decade, according to a recent study published in the Environmental ...
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Study finds winter days on the Great Lakes growing shorter due to climate change
Research has already found the Great Lakes are losing ice cover at a rate of about 5 percent each decade for a total loss of 25 percent between 1973 and 2023. Those changes are occurring as the region ...
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Great Lakes region's winters have shrunk by two or more weeks since 1995, study finds
To measure this, the scientists looked at surface water temperatures from satellite data ... According to the study, the Great Lakes also have lost an average of about 1.5 days of ice cover ...
The Great Lakes have long faced pollution threats. The latest might be the most insidious.
When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...