A male Common Merganser

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Sunrise at a quiet cove along Lake Superior in Minnesota, 12 April, 2025. Photo by Ken Harmon.
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Red sky in morning, sailor take warning; a red April sunrise at the Duluth South Breakwater Outer Light on Lake Superior, 9 April, 2025. Photo by Douglas Kilen.
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A windy arrival in Duluth for the Michipicoten, 3 April, 2016. Photo by Paul Scinocca.
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Turbulence Characteristics Of Ice-Free Radiatively Driven Convection In A Deep, Unstratified Lake
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL112607 <-- shared paper
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[anecdotally, I have experienced this scuba diving in a drysuit in WA and BC, especially in freshwater, so it is wonderful to see some background]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #ROV #water #hydrology #underwater #GreatLakes #LakeSuperior #density #temperature #freshwater #lake #stratified #stratification #colder #warmer #mixing #convective #survey #energy

Annual polar plunge in Thunder Bay, Ont., sees highest turnout yet with over 400 participants
The 2025 polar plunge in Thunder Bay, Ont., drew more than 400 participants across 55 teams, breaking records. At least $152,000 has been raised for four local charities. Here's a look at some of the action at the Thunder Bay Marina, as people took on the...
#sports #charity #event #ThunderBay #LakeSuperior #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/thunder-bay-polar-plunge-2025-1.7503405?cmp=rss

The Duluth North Pierhead Light, one of three lights marking the entrance to the Duluth Ship Canal on Lake Superior the morning of 27 March, 2025. Photo by Joe Polecheck Photography
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This week, all the local trails are a mix of slush and mud, so I decided to do the most cliché of Duluth outdoor activities: run the Lakewalk. But, alas, there's a reason things become cliché – a lot of people like them.

It was a beautiful day and I also got some really, really rad drone footage.

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https://youtu.be/RQPwpLd5We8

A Semipalmated Sandpiper

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First arrival of the 2025 Great Lakes shipping season in Duluth for the Michigan Trader, 31 March, 2025. Photo by Paul Scinocca.
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The Herbert C. Jackson rounding Rice's Point in Duluth at sunrise, 31 March, 2018. Photo by Jeff Doty.
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A juvenile Common Goldeneye swimming in Lake Superior

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A Ring-necked Duck.

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A Canada Goose

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Study: Algae blooms on cold Lake Superior reveal impact of climate change

Rising temperatures and changing environmental conditions in the Great Lakes are contributing to harmful algal blooms, and new research suggests that the nearshore regions of Lake Superior could indicate climate change’s effects on the region’s ecosystem

https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/study-algae-blooms-cold-lake-superior-reveal-impact-climate-change

A new shipping season begins on the Great Lakes: the Clyde S. VanEnkevort, after being first through the Soo locks, arrives in Duluth to load ore at Canadian National, 22 March 2025. Photo by Paul Schauer.
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“The official start of the season is typically when a vessel from below the Soo arrives in the Twin Ports.” - photographer Paul Schauer.

Inaugural ‘Women in Science’ panel held at Lake Superior Aquarium https://www.byteseu.com/848607/ #aquarium #Duluth #LakeSuperior #Minnesota #Science #TwinPorts #WomenInScience

Two Female Common Mergansers

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"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is a 1976 #hitSong written, composed and performed by the Canadian singer-songwriter #GordonLightfoot to memorialize the sinking of the bulk carrier SS #EdmundFitzgerald in #LakeSuperior on November 10, 1975. Lightfoot considered this song to be his finest work. Appearing originally on his 1976 album #SummertimeDream, Lightfoot re-recorded the song in 1988 for the compilation album #GordsGoldVol2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzTkGyxkYI

Bad weather above the lake.

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