2024年3月8日 · Much of the Great Lakes region — known for frigid winter temperatures, icy lakes and snow-covered forests — has looked bare almost all winter. Average ice cover is hovering at all-time lows for...

2024年3月8日 · As climate change accelerates, scientists are scrambling to understand how iceless winters could affect the world’s largest freshwater system.

2024年2月13日 · NOAA researchers at NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) report that they’ve seen a steady decrease in ice coverage across the Great Lakes, which has reached a historic low. Together, Great Lakes ice coverage was measured at 2.7 % on February 11, 2024. Coverage on each of the lakes was measured as follows:

2024年2月14日 · Although there are chunks of ice visible from the sandy beaches just north of Muskegon, Michigan, there is "little-to-no" ice cover on Lake Michigan, the NOAA researchers said.

2021年1月22日 · According to the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL), the Great Lakes total ice coverage right now is sitting at 3.9%. This same time last year, it was sitting at 11.3%, and the...

2024年1月18日 · Thick ice protects the lakeshores from erosion and flooding during storms. Because ice cover prevents evaporation, a lack of ice creates the possibility for lake effect snow, causing snowfalls to become larger and more treacherous to nearby cities. Many local economies in the area rely on ice fishing and outdoor sports which can only happen if ...

2024年1月4日 · On January 1, scientists recorded the average ice cover across all five bodies of water at 0.4 percent—an all-time low for the day since researchers began officially measuring Great Lakes ice...

2024年3月7日 · Ice coverage on the lakes, which have a combined surface area roughly the size of the U.K., has generally peaked in mid-February over the last 50 years, with as much as 91% of the lakes covered...

2024年2月22日 · What’s driving the lack of ice? Is El Niño involved somehow? The long-term trend shows a decline in ice cover in the Great Lakes region over the past several decades. Ice cover has been decreasing by approximately 5 percent per decade, for a 25 percent total decrease between 1973 and 2023.

2024年2月29日 · Annual maximum ice coverage has decreased by approximately 5 percent per decade, according to NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL). Warmer winter conditions in the Great Lakes region are …