There are about 42 fewer days of wintry weather in the Great Lakes than in 1995, according to a study published in the ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Lake effect snow is dependent on the Great Lakes water temperature and how much of the lake is frozen. But what does the current ice concentration look like and how does this ...

In the Great Lakes, water temperatures are roughly the same temperature from the surface to the bottom of the lake in spring and fall. During winter and summer, the water temperature from the ...

When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...

Above: Satellite view of the Great ... water, or enough to blanket the entire U.S. to a depth of over 9 feet! Each lake, and their entire conglomerate, exhibits a profound influence on the weather ...

Before we get into the exact numbers of the amount of ice cover, we should remind ourselves the Great Lakes water temperatures went into this recent cold snap with much warmer-than-normal conditions.

Those candy wrappers, chip bags and cigarette butts reach the lakes through watersheds and municipal water systems ... Steve Howe reports on weather, climate and the Great Lakes for the Democrat ...