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Due to climate change, the Great Lakes are heating up faster than others globally. Of all the lakes in the world, Lake Superior was identified as one of the fastest […]
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This year a very thin ice bridge formed on Lake Superior between Michigan’s remote Isle Royale and the mainland, but the Isle Royale wolf and moose study, now entering its […]
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St. Louis County, Minnesota, is asking for state funding to beef up the Lake Superior shoreline at Scandia Cemetery, where erosion has revealed human remains. Read the full story by […]
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According to a research scientist at the Large Lakes Observatory on Lake Superior, because lake ice cover is impacted so heavily by weather, and Minnesota’s winter weather has become more […]
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Scaffolding will soon surround Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors, Minnesota, as a three‑month restoration begins to repair damaged brick and mortar. The project will also help prevent future cracking […]
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We are on the cusp of the start of the seasonal water level rise on the Great Lakes. Snowmelt over the past few weeks has started the water level rise […]
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Lake Superior has its highest percentage of ice cover this season, researchers say, as ice on the Great Lakes remains above 50% for the season. Read the full story by […]
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For one day last week, Lake Superior gave thousands of people a rare gift — then took it back. The Apostle Islands ice caves, accessible for the first time since […]
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A coalition of Wisconsin environmental advocacy groups filed a lawsuit Monday challenging an administrative law judge’s decision to uphold the Department of Natural Resource’s permit approval to reroute the Enbridge […]
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The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has filed a petition with Wisconsin’s Iron County Circuit Court to review a decision allowing Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute project to move […]
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Ice on the Great Lakes, and Lake Superior specifically, is a great way to measure climate for the region. The last time Lake Superior completely froze over was 30 years […]