Climate change undoubtedly affects lakes and the functioning of their ecosystems, but seasonal impacts are not always ...

Throughout March, the Great Lakes have seen a decline in ice coverage dropping as low as 15% total cover last week.

It may seem like spring is taking a long time to arrive, but the Great Lakes seem to be racing toward clear water. As of April 5-6, Great Lakes ice cover was ranging from 7.77% to 7.44%, with the ...

Lakes are freezing later, thawing earlier and experiencing dramatic temperature swings in between. And all that throws off the delicate balance of... Spring ice is thawing earlier in lakes. What does ...

According to NOAA ice analysis updated this week, average ice cover across all five Great Lakes remains below 10%. This is tracking near average for mid-December. That’s not unusual. Historically, ...

CLEVELAND (WJW) – With the arctic blast at the end of January, the ice coverage on Lake Erie went from nearly 30% to over 80% in just four days. Now, Lake Erie ice coverage is at 91%. According to Fox ...

A multi-decade study of Finnish lakes has found that warmer autumns, which delay ice formation, paradoxically lead to colder under-ice water temperatures in winter. Researchers explain that the ...

A decades-long Finnish study has found that warmer autumns delay lake ice formation but paradoxically result in colder ...

FARGO — It is "ice-out" season for many lakes in our area. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources tracks the ice-out dates on this map Many of the lakes in southern Minnesota went ice-free in ...