Rae-Ann Eifert, a lake monitor for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, braves sub-freezing temperatures to gather buckets of water for testing off a Lake Michigan breakwater in Racine on Feb. 28.
A thin layer of ice covers Lake Michigan on Feb. 2 in Chicago. Unseasonable warmth has left the Great Lakes all but devoid of ice, leaving scientists scrambling to understand the consequences as climate change accelerates.
Rae-Ann Eifert, a lake monitor for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, braved sub-freezing temperatures to gather buckets of water for testing off a Lake Michigan breakwater in Racine, Wis., on Feb. 28, 2024, as part of an effort across the Great Lakes to understand the effects of an iceless winter. Unseasonable warmth has left the Great Lakes all but devoid of ice, leaving scientists scrambling to understand the consequences as climate change accelerates. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
It began as a marketing trick, but it's now an annual event that returns this May.
Rae-Ann Eifert, a lake monitor for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, braves sub-freezing temperatures to gather buckets of water for testing off a Lake Michigan breakwater in Racine on Feb. 28.
A thin layer of ice covers Lake Michigan on Feb. 2 in Chicago. Unseasonable warmth has left the Great Lakes all but devoid of ice, leaving scientists scrambling to understand the consequences as climate change accelerates.
Rae-Ann Eifert, a lake monitor for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, braved sub-freezing temperatures to gather buckets of water for testing off a Lake Michigan breakwater in Racine, Wis., on Feb. 28, 2024, as part of an effort across the Great Lakes to understand the effects of an iceless winter. Unseasonable warmth has left the Great Lakes all but devoid of ice, leaving scientists scrambling to understand the consequences as climate change accelerates. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
