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
Ice cover surpassed 80 percent for the first time in 20 years.
Published Feb 21, 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
Ice cover on the world’s largest freshwater lake remains significantly above average for mid-April.
Published Apr 24, 2014
Summer beachgoers and fishers have been getting a wintery surprise on Lake Superior.
Published Jun 12, 2014
People and satellites keep an eye on when ice on the world’s deepest lake melts each year.
Published May 10, 2012
A relatively rare blanket of ice rested on the surface of Lake Superior in early March 2009.
Published Mar 13, 2009
Lake Erie’s shallowness not only makes it more prone to fluctuating water levels, but also enables this lake to freeze and thaw more readily than its neighbors.
Published Mar 16, 2007
A combination of winds and thawing ice created an ice shove on Dauphin Lake that damaged numerous homes.
Published May 15, 2013
Roughly the same size of Belgium, Canada’s Great Slave Lake runs nearly 2,000 feet deep.
Published May 24, 2019
The puzzling features are most easily seen from above, but they pose real risks at the surface.
Published Jan 30, 2020
Snow cover lingered in the Great Lakes region on February 16, 2008. Against the backdrop of snowy ground appear the deep blue waters of the Great Lakes and nearby water bodies. In this wintertime shot, the lakes are relatively ice-free, except for Lake Erie.
Published Feb 20, 2008
In early January, ice covered most of the lake and prevented the formation of extensive lake-effect clouds.
Published Jan 10, 2018
A strange circular area of thinned ice appears in this astronaut photo from late April 2009 of Lake Baikal in southern Siberia.
Published May 25, 2009
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