Signs of warmer weather may finally be reaching many parts of the country, but the Great Lakes still remain ice-covered. As of Sunday, the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory recorded an unprecedented 32.8 percent total ice cover for the lakes, the highest for this time of year since researchers started keeping count in 1973. Lake Superior leads the region with over 60 percent ice coverage, while Lake Huron holds 25 percent and Lake Michigan comes in third with a dwindling 15 percent. Ice melt occurred the quickest on Lake Erie and...
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