Climate Central: April has come and gone but a record amount of ice still remains on the Great Lakes. This April was the lakes' iciest on record after a near-record winter, and the season has been notable for how early ice formed and how long it's lingered.
At the close of April, nearly a quarter of the five Great Lakes -- the largest group of lakes on Earth -- still have ice on them and ice is likely to linger for weeks to come according to the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. That makes the month...