Chandeliering Ice on Minnesota’s Medicine Lake (Video)
With winter in the northern hemisphere officially gone, ice is beginning to melt away on long-frozen lakes. A clear example of this is the loss of near-record ice cover on[…]
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Iceland’s Lake Mývatn Supports Thirteen Duck Species, Rare Algae
Midges, or flies, are the namesake of Iceland’s Lake Mývatn. In Icelandic, mý means midge, and vatn is lake. In the summer months, areas around the lake are inundated with[…]
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Pitch Lake is a Natural Asphalt Lake
As cars rumble continuously down highways worldwide, it turns out some of the asphalt they grip to may come from lakes. Not lakes made of water – but of oil.[…]
Five Alpine Lakes Not Located in the Alps
It’s hard to tell what are and what are not alpine lakes. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, an Alpine lake (big A) exists in the Alps mountain range. This definition[…]
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