Ice cover on the world’s largest freshwater lake remains significantly above average for mid-April.
Published Apr 24, 2014
Ice cover surpassed 80 percent for the first time in 20 years.
Published Feb 21, 2014
Nearly 90 percent of the lake was ice-covered on January 9, 2014.
Published Jan 15, 2014
While most scientific and public attention goes to glaciers, lake and river ice have interesting stories to tell as well.
Published Jul 5, 2017
People and satellites keep an eye on when ice on the world’s deepest lake melts each year.
Published May 10, 2012
Lake Erie is usually the first to freeze over because it is shallower than the other Great Lakes.
Published Feb 18, 2018Image of the Day Atmosphere Temperature Extremes Sea and Lake Ice
A relatively rare blanket of ice rested on the surface of Lake Superior in early March 2009.
Published Mar 13, 2009
Warm air prevailed in the 2019-2020 winter season, preventing much ice from forming on the lakes.
Published Feb 20, 2020
The puzzling features are most easily seen from above, but they pose real risks at the surface.
Published Jan 30, 2020
A combination of winds and thawing ice created an ice shove on Dauphin Lake that damaged numerous homes.
Published May 15, 2013
To the untrained eye, Antarctica may look like a giant piece of solid ice that rarely changes, but scientists studying the continent have long known better. The icy surface is dynamic, with glaciers and "streams" of ice flowing toward the ocean.
Published Apr 27, 2007
