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Where is the ice? Great Lakes ice cover is nearly non-existent and reaches 50-year record low (www.cnn.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A warm start to the winter season has left the Great Lakes virtually ice-free and with their lowest ice cover to kick off a new year in at least 50 years.

On New Year’s Day, only 0.35% of the Great Lakes were covered in ice, the lowest on record for the date, and well below the historical average of nearly 10% for this point in winter, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL).

This year’s missing ice in the Great Lakes adds to a growing trend of winter ailments plaguing the US, from dwindling snowpacks in the West to an ongoing snow drought in the Northeast, all becoming more common due to warming temperatures from the climate crisis.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I never thought that in 10 years, we'd go from one of the coldest UP winters I'd ever seen to one of the warmest. This was my first Christmas and New Years in 30 years where I didn't see snow on the ground. It's sad to see.

I worry how this will mess with the following seasons. With the lack of ice, the lake levels drop faster because the water can evaporate. Pair that with liquid water's darker color, means it will heat up faster and evaporate that much more water.
The lack of snow means we'll have lower spring runoff than normal. So the lakes won't get replenished as spring arrives. This could send us into drought conditions really quickly.

All of this will lead to plummeting lake levels. I wonder if it'll reach the levels from 2007-2012.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I’m in the LP and my snow tires haven’t had any use all season yet. This shit is serious

Edit: we just got our first winter weather advisory of the season!!! What coincidence lol