{"article":{"id":193457,"heading":"Lack of lake ice a harbinger of things to come","author":"reposted","created":"2007-02-16 23:04:02","modified":"2007-02-16 23:04:02","last_modified":"Sat, 17 Feb 2007 06:04:02","article":"

Already there are signs of climate change, but what will come, if the

trend is not halted, will be dramatic changes, according to experts.

....one does not have to see melting glaciers or ice shelves

dropping into the Antarctic Ocean to see the warning signs of global

warming. They are occurring right here and now on area lakes. And those

signs have been visible for years, with the shorter ice season on lakes.

\"That's been the story for 150 years,\" he said. \"And in the last few years,

more rapidly.\"

However, the average of the past 20 years compared to previous decades

shows how the ice season is rapidly becoming shorter.

The average ice season during the 55 years of Brown's recordkeeping was

129 days. Ruby's records show the average ice season for the past 20 years

is now 95 days, a reduction of one month in the last 20 years.

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