Upsides to Great Lakes Ice Cover
The Great Lakes saw rapid and thick ice formation during the recent cold plunge. The basin as a whole is seeing its highest levels of ice cover in 20 years.[…]
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Right Conditions Needed for Frozen Lake Michigan Lighthouses
Frozen lighthouses near Lake Michigan are getting a lot of buzz lately. On sites like Twitter and Facebook, photos of lighthouses at St. Joseph and South Haven have gone viral.[…]
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New Algorithm Improves Great Lakes Ice Mapping
Mapping ice cover on the Great Lakes is difficult, often held back by limitations of optical sensors on satellites. The instruments experience issues penetrating darkness and cloud cover, can’t determine[…]
Greenland ice sheet slipping away due to lake drainage
Surface lake drainage on the Greenland ice sheet could cause it to slip into the ocean more quickly, according to a recent study by researchers from the University of Colorado[…]
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