'Winter is vanishing' from the deep waters of Lake Michigan
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Scientists studied a 30-year data set that examined the temperature trends hundreds of feet below the surface of Lake Michigan and found that warming is not only happening at the surface, but deep beneath it. This could impact everything from the fisheries to the food supply.
A study conducted by scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) used a 30-year data set to investigate how climate change is impacting the deepest parts of Lake Michigan, the world's fourth-largest freshwater lake. "We found that this long-term data set not only confirms that Lake Michigan's deep waters are warming, but also shows that winter is vanishing from them," said Eric Anderson, the study's lead author.More Related News