Posted on 12/10/2021 3:43:51 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota lakes have lost nearly two weeks of lake ice over the past 50 years as climate change diminishes the state’s winters, officials from Minnesota’s natural resources and pollution control agencies said Friday.
According to newly released data from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Department of Natural Resources, the state has lost an average of 10 to 14 days of lake ice over the past 50 years — a change officials say is hurting local economies, the environment and the Minnesota way of life. Some northern Minnesota lakes have seen steeper declines, including Lake Bemidji, which has seen nearly 19 days of ice since 1967.
Air pollution is resulting in warmer lake waters, which in turn leads to more toxic algal blooms in lakes, higher chances of invasive species and declines in populations of lake trout and walleye.
Nearly two fewer weeks of ice coverage on Minnesota lakes also means a shorter season for ice fishing, cross-country skiing and other outdoor activities, impacting the millions of dollars spent on winter recreation statewide each year.
“We all hope that our children and grandchildren and beyond will be able to continue to catch a walleye through the ice,” said Michelle Morey of Women Anglers of Minnesota. “But we need to start making progress now in order to ensure that the future of ice fishing and and bountiful waters and natural resources of our state are preserved.”
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But a two week longer season for regular fishing...
Yes.... Climate Change
The global temperature has gone up .01deg.
They know this because they can measure the temperature over the last thousand years to an accuracy of hundredths of a degree, by reading tree Rings
2017 - For the first time in two decades, the Great Lakes are nearly covered with ice.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/great-lakes-frozen_n_4804872
Well then, we MUST spent $20 trillion right now to stop climate change. I'm convinced!
Articles like this amaze me. They always trot out "it's going to cost industry X so many millions of dollars" as if that is going to convince the feeble minded to give up all freedoms, send 90% of their paychecks to Fedzilla, and live in penury like the proles in 1984.
Ice loss will increase rapidly as vax rates stall.
good
Crock of crap
Watch for the Al Gore effect: ice will last two weeks longer than usual this year:
Long-Range Weather Forecast for Minneapolis, MN
Annual Weather Summary November 2021 to October 2022
Winter temperatures will be below normal, on average, with the coldest periods in early, mid-, and late December; early and late January; and mid-February. Precipitation will be above normal in the east and below normal in the west, while snowfall will be below normal in most areas. The snowiest periods will be in late November, mid- to late December, mid- and late January, mid- and late February, and late March. April and May will be warmer than normal, with near- to above-normal precipitation. Summer will have its hottest period in early to mid-July but otherwise be slightly cooler than normal and rainer. September and October will have above-normal temperatures and precipitation.
https://www.almanac.com/weather/longrange/MN/Minneapolis
OMG! We are DOOMED I tell you DOOMED/
...because what could you possibly do at a lake in warm weather 🙄
Notice how when ice shrinks the headlines are blaring. Yet when ice grows nary a peep.
Good.
Warmer climate means lower heating costs and longer growing seasons, resulting in greater food production.
The insanity of that may not be obvious to many. But it *is* insane, for sure.
I believe in Science. I also believe Scientists are human, corruptible, and have to pay mortgages. It is amazing what Scientists will do for grant money from politicians.
Mandate vaccines for all who have a fishing license
Oh, no! Warm beavers!
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