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Posted Tue Apr 7 2009: from Minneapolis Star Tribune: Climate change in Lake Superior ice http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1239131138 What started as a high school science fair project is the latest piece of evidence that global warming is affecting Lake Superior. Forrest Howk, now a freshman at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, studied 150 years of data in his hometown of Bayfield, Wis., and found that the harbor's frozen season has shrunk from about 120 days to 80 days. The findings, published in the latest issue of Journal of Great Lakes Research, are consistent with recent studies showing that maximum ice cover in the Great Lakes has decreased slowly but steadily over the years. [Read more stories about: climate impacts, global warming] This item will appear in our PANIQuiz! New!: Your Quips: Lulu says: "Gotta love the high schoolers getting involved in this!" Maurice says: "You gotta think they're dying to research Lake Whatever." Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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