"Never really seen anything like this," Beth Toutges, a lifelong resident of Forest Lake, said. "Not this bad, not even close." The ice ridges are caused by expanding ice, warmed during the day ...

A recent study reveals that methane emissions could unexpectedly boost ozone layer recovery, particularly in the Arctic and ...

Scandinavian lake ice has become both thinner and structurally ... containing more air bubbles and pollutants, becomes more common. Snowfall further exacerbates the problem by insulating the ...

Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes and swings in air temperature can influence ice coverage “more rapidly than other lakes,” said James Kessler, physical scientist with the Great ...

Alternating cold and mild temperatures combined with a lack of snow this winter have caused significant ice ridges along the shore of Lakeside Park in Forest Lake. The severe ice ridges ...

Budziak, Bramburger and an ice diving expert first tested the process in the winter of 2023 on Lake Simcoe. In the winters since, Bramburger says they've perfected their technique and begun ...

MONTCALM COUNTY, MI – An 81-year-old man died on Wednesday, March 12, when he broke through the ice on Spruce Lake. His name has not been released. Montcalm County sheriff’s Dive Team found ...