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Why It's a Big Deal That Half of Great Lakes Are Still Covered in Ice

2014-04-14 13:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Atlantic: Over the winter, as polar vortices plunged the U.S. Midwest into weeks of unceasing cold, the icy covers of the Great Lakes started to make headlines. With almost 96 percent of Lake Superior's 32,000 miles encased in ice at the season's peak, tens of thousands of tourists flocked to the ice caves along the Wisconsin shoreline, suddenly accessible after four years of relatively warmer wintery conditions. The thing is, all of that ice takes a long time to melt. As of April 10, 48 percent of the...

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