A warm start to the winter season has left the Great Lakes virtually ice-free and with their lowest ice cover to kick off a new year in at least 50 years.

On New Year’s Day, only 0.35% of the Great Lakes were covered in ice, the lowest on record for the date, and well below the historical average of nearly 10% for this point in winter, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL).

This year’s missing ice in the Great Lakes adds to a growing trend of winter ailments plaguing the US, from dwindling snowpacks in the West to an ongoing snow drought in the Northeast, all becoming more common due to warming temperatures from the climate crisis.

  • @CrowAirbrush
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    810 months ago

    Oh well, did all i could afford and the government demanded more by increasing the cost of living…pushing me in the reds with an employer that can’t afford to increase the wage.

    Good luck y’all…i just stuck around to watch it all burn, so maybe i do get lucky in the end.

    • @orrk
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      410 months ago

      if your employer can’t afford to pay a living wage, the business should not exist, tho he is most likely just lying to you for those record profits.

      also, it wouldn’t really impact you if rich people stopped taking private jets everywhere, and cruise ships shut down…

      • @CrowAirbrush
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        010 months ago

        Show me a business that’s actually doing well within cycling range and i’ll probably apply for a job there, if it’s within my skillset.

        My current job is far too boring and i hate having to “look busy” for 6h a day because i’d rather use that time to work on myself, interests and skills.