Lake ice concentration is off to a slow start in the Great Lakes region, triggering harrowing rescues for fishermen who have ventured onto unsafe ice sheets.
It's the slowest beginning to ice formation in 50 years of recordkeeping, with an infinitesimal coverage of less than 1% on January 1, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
It is still only the very beginning of the ice season, but the 50-year average ice concentration across the five lakes for Jan. 1 is...
Climate effects
It's the slowest beginning to ice formation in 50 years of recordkeeping, with an infinitesimal coverage of less than 1% on January 1, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
It is still only the very beginning of the ice season, but the 50-year average ice concentration across the five lakes for Jan. 1 is...
Climate effects
