Record-Setting Amounts of Ice Still Covering the Great Lakes
Apr 23
To add to that staggering fact, just over a month ago, in the middle of March, the NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory calculated that 92.2 percent of the lakes were frozen over—the second highest total since record-keeping began in 1973. The ice in Marquette Harbor is said to be two feet thick.
These conditions are causing serious economic and environmental setbacks. The U.S. Coast Guard was recently called in to clear a path allowing coal to be delivered from Minnesota to Michigan, so that the mining industry could continue business. On the environmental side of things, a large number of ducks are dying as a result of the harsh conditions, and the entire aquatic ecosystem has been thrown off due to the delayed spawning of fish until the ice thaws.
Sources:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/17/great-lakes-still-frozen_n_5168962.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/12/great-lakes-ice-cover_n_4899269.html
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