Satellite image of the Great Lakes on February 20, 2024. In 2024, ice cover across the Great Lakes was at a record low to start the season. Lower ice coverage can have implications as far as the ...

Altogether, the Great Lakes are seeing healthier ice coverage this year. Here's what to know about their current conditions.

New research suggests an ancient hotspot helped shape the Great Lakes, challenging traditional formation theories.

Above: Satellite view of the Great Lakes on a recent clear day (December 22, 2019), showing less than 2% overall ice cover, about normal for this point in the winter, mainly in Green Bay and ...

DON’T MISS: See the astounding satellite images of Florida’s historic snow NOAA reported that about 23.2 percent of the Great Lakes were covered by ice as of Thursday, Jan. 23. This is just ...

To measure this, the scientists looked at surface water temperatures from satellite data ... According to the study, the Great Lakes also have lost an average of about 1.5 days of ice cover ...

The Great Lakes are losing winter days — about 14 ... by about 5% every decade since the 1970s, when more reliable satellite data first became available. “We know globally, lakes are losing ...