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Joanna M. Foster for Think Progress

The Great Lakes Go Dry: How One-Fifth Of The World’s Fresh Water Is Dwindling Away

“Over the course of just one year, water temperatures went up by 2.5 degrees Celsius. That’s huge. And the cycle is reinforcing; one really warm year led to more than a decade of dropping lake levels.”

January 29th, 2014

By Joanna M. Foster for Think Progress

The Great Lakes Go Dry: How One-Fifth Of The World’s Fresh Water Is Dwindling Away

The frozen opalescent lake and thin, gray sky fade together into white light where the horizon should be. Tall, skeletal grasses shiver on the beach in a wind that makes any sliver of exposed skin burn. The Arni J. Richter, an icebreaking ferry, is about to pull away from Northport Pier for its second and final trip of the day to Washington Island.

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