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posted by martyb on Thursday March 07 2019, @03:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the global-warming-vs-local-cooling dept.

The largest of the great lakes in the United States, Lake Superior

Lake Superior’s ice coverage has greatly surpassed expectations this year.

Earlier in the season, forecasters predicted the lake would reach a little more than 50 percent ice coverage this winter. But as of Friday, Lake Superior was over 85 percent covered, far exceeding the prediction and the lake’s long-term average of 55 percent, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, or GLERL.

This year’s frigid conditions triggered the rapid expansion of the ice that exceeded predictions, said Jia Wang, a research ice climatologist and physical oceanographer at GLERL.

[...] Earlier this week, ice coverage increased about 10 percent within 12 hours, rising from around 75 percent at 2 p.m. Wednesday to nearly 85 percent by 2 a.m. Thursday.

[...] The last time the lake ice reached 100 percent coverage was 1996, which is the only time 100 percent coverage on Lake Superior has been noted since records started in 1973, according to GLERL data.

http://www.ironmountaindailynews.com/news/local-news/2019/03/lake-superior-ice-coverage-nears-90-percent-exceeding-predictions/

[Updated to fix title; changed "Exceeds 90 Percent" to be "Exceeds 85 Percent". --martyb]


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 08 2019, @04:59AM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 08 2019, @04:59AM (#811465)

    After all, the ISIS invasion of Iraq from ISIS-occupied territory in Syria is public knowledge.

    So? This is a reason to spend $15 billion a year to bomb Syria?

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday March 08 2019, @06:13AM (7 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 08 2019, @06:13AM (#811470) Journal

    This is a reason to spend $15 billion a year to bomb Syria?

    Why do you think it's not?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 08 2019, @08:42AM (6 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 08 2019, @08:42AM (#811486)

      Because it has nothing to do with me or anyone I know.

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday March 08 2019, @03:17PM

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 08 2019, @03:17PM (#811541) Journal

        Because it has nothing to do with me or anyone I know.

        And are you and the few people you know the only people in the world?

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday March 08 2019, @03:26PM (4 children)

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 08 2019, @03:26PM (#811546) Journal
        To follow up on that previous remark, 1) how much of that $15 billion came from you and those people you know? (it's coming to oh, $50 per person) 2) I know that there is this fad to pretend that there's no US interests or allies in the Middle East, but given that there is, why should we spend this to protect those interests (after all, not protecting those interests is what led to the ISIS invasion and the US bombing of Syria in the first place)? and 3) those interests of which I spoke include protecting US trade, the oil infrastructure, reducing the odds of a future large war involving the US, etc. - I bet all of them have something to do with you despite your assertions to the contrary.
        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 08 2019, @03:46PM (3 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 08 2019, @03:46PM (#811560)

          I guess endless war it is then!

          • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday March 08 2019, @05:03PM (2 children)

            by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 08 2019, @05:03PM (#811592) Journal
            What endless war? There's less war now than there's been in centuries.
            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 08 2019, @06:09PM (1 child)

              by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 08 2019, @06:09PM (#811633)

              LOL, ok. There is no endless war the US is spending trillions of dollars on.

              • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday March 08 2019, @06:15PM

                by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 08 2019, @06:15PM (#811638) Journal

                There is no endless war the US is spending trillions of dollars on.

                Pretty much accurate for once. But I suppose if I spent a million dollars to keep the unicorns out of my garden, that means unicorns exist, right?