North America’s first freshwater wind farm has been approved. But experts are skeptical about whether offshore wind will revolutionize clean energy.
Author: Caitlin Looby
Great Lakes ice cover reaches historic low. Here’s what we know.
Lack of ice can upend the lakes’ ecosystem and make shipping conditions more dangerous.
It’s mid-January and the Great Lakes are virtually ice-free. That’s a problem.
Ice cover is at a near-record low for this time of year. No ice can affect the food web and cause dangerous snowstorms.