Ice on the Great LakesNASANasa Earth Observatory
The recent spell of prolonged frigid temperatures across the Great Lakes helped push the region’s ice coverage to the highest level in years. For some areas, current ice coverage is the greatest extent we’ve measured in about a decade....
A strip of ice can be seen crossing Lake Huron’s Saginaw Bay. In Lake Erie, sediment swirls kicked up by storms give the water a marble-like look. Air temperatures are the main factor affecting ice cover on the Great Lakes. According to the U.S. National Ice Center, each of the ...
The age of the Great Lakes is still not definitely determined. Estimates range from 7,000 to 32,000 years of age. Water began filling the glacially scoured basins as soon as the ice receded, some 14,000 years ago. It is generally accepted thatLake Eriereached its present level about 10...
As the ice sheet melted and receded about 14,000 years ago, the first segments of the Great Lakes were created. Lake Chicago, in what is now the southern Lake Michigan basin, and Lake Maumee, in present-day western Lake Erie and its adjacent lowlands, originally drained southward into the...
The Great Lakes ice season runs through March, and it is still possible for blasts of arctic air to reach the region and spur periods of ice formation,according to NOAA experts. However, those cold air events are more likely to be short-lived, and a major shift in weather patterns would...
Michigan is a place where anglers can take up their rod and fish year-round. Winter is no exception, with thousands of lakes open to ice fishing.experiences. Mar, 12 20170 CommentsFull Story Try a Spring Bobber! If you’ve never tried a spring bobber out ice fishing, you’re missing ou...
Frigid air parked over the region caused a dramatic increase in ice coverage on the Great Lakes this week
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【题文】 Ice does all kinds of strange things on the Great Lakes: It forms perfect balls on the shore and piles up in ice tsunamis (海啸) when winds on the lake are violent in winter.【小题1】. Ice volcanoes are not, of course, real volcanoes -it’s impossible for Earth volcanoes ...