Turns out ice is hard to form when the average temperatures this winter in the Midwest are above freezing
That’s crazy! Was just up at Superior in September and it felt surreally warm for that lake (like 60-65F, compared to the icy 45-50F it usually is even in the summer). I wonder how long before the temperatures at the lakebed begin to turn up too; normally the cold depth keeps decomposition away, but if it were to start to heat up down there, then that could all change drastically.
September is honestly around the best time to swim in Superior. It's at its warmest, because it gets heated all summer
True that! But I remember Superior being fairly icy even in the dog days of August and early September back in the ‘90’s lol it was bizarre having it feel lukewarm on my bare skin!
Just a reminder for those who need it:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/30/capitalism-is-killing-the-planet-its-time-to-stop-buying-into-our-own-destruction
Such a good read, thank you
I used to live in an area with many lakes, and each January there was a weekend-long event out on the ice with games, ice swimming challenges, food etc. When I was growing up you could drive pickup trucks on the ice and leave wooden ice fishing shacks on the ice for weeks at a time or longer. In the last decade or so the event has been increasingly cancelled as the ice is often not even safe enough to walk on (let alone turn into a parking lot for trucks). Hell, they even had a gigantic bonfire with dozens of Christmas trees. Next day, you couldn't even tell there had been a fire there on the ice. All of that is going away.
We have to race full speed ahead at decarbonizing our own personal lives and our shared electric grids.
So I'm not imagining it!
Hottest year on record and coldest year we'll ever record ever again.
I'm soooo tired of these articles like just fucking say it you know where the ice is it's up Santa's ass
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