Warming global temperatures due to climate change have caused lake ice to "reduce bearing strength, implying more dangerous conditions for transportation (limiting operational use of many winter roads ...

The Great Lakes remain at above-normal temperature and those warm conditions could create conditions for lake effect snow in ...

Above: Satellite view of the Great Lakes on a recent clear day (December 22, 2019), showing less than 2% overall ice cover, about normal for this point in the winter, mainly in Green Bay and ...

The yellow pocket in western Lake Erie shows an area of water that is still 60 degrees. This is very warm water for ...

As global warming and climate change persist, the melting of ice in lakes poses severe and misunderstood threats to ...

Closer to home in Ohio, ice fishing and inter-island travel are important to maintaining the cultural identity and social ...

Two storm systems collided in what's known as a "meteorological bomb" that hit the Great Lakes with a fury, creating the ...

In winter 2023-24, the Great Lakes’ ice cover was near record lows, peaking at just 16%. Researchers explain how diminishing ice could have consequences for fisheries, and how species are evolving.

Deploy under-ice robots. Study lake ecology and fish biology. Capture sonar images with autonomous subsurface vehicles. Investigate aerosol chemistry and how warm winters impact the coastal food chain ...

In winter 2023-24, the Great Lakes’ ice cover was near record lows, peaking at just 16%. Researchers explain how diminishing ice could have consequences for fisheries, and how species are evolving.