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Michigan winters are super cloudy and getting worse. Here’s how to deal.
-Blame the Great Lakes and climate change for Michigan’s dreary winters.
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Scientists take rare look under Great Lakes’ frozen surfaces
-The field studies over the past few weeks — a collective effort known as the “Winter Grab” — were intended to boost knowledge of what happens in the five lakes when they’re covered partially or completely with ice.
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Scratching the surface: Regional research groups explore winter conditions of Green Bay, Great Lakes
-This is the first year the Chicago research group has been able to study winter conditions of the microbial communities and the “Winter Grab” will help bring more awareness to this field of work in the coming years.
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Four ways Great Lakes winters are changing as scientists search for clues
-The Great Lakes’ warming winters are well-known through Michigan, in part because declining ice cover is visible from the surface.
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Farmers’ Almanac forecasts frosty Great Lakes flip-flop
-The month-to-month contrast follows an unusually stormy summer for the Great Lakes region, which the Almanac predicted to be “muggy and thundery” last April.
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Warm winter changes — but can’t stop — outdoor fun
-Warmer weather has forced Michigan’s winter sports and tourism groups to adapt to keep participants and spectators coming.
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A Winter Walk in the Woods – Preserving our Forests and a Lumberjack’s Story
-It’s been an unusually mild fall so far, and winter still feels far away. But the snow will be here…
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Hold the Salt, Please: The Environmental Impact of Road Salt
-As winter approaches, we’ll soon see salt-spreading plow trucks on the roads. And Todd Walter, director of the New York State…