Effects of windier Great Lakes could include less winter ice, more lakeshore breezes

By Mike Simonson

November 19, 2009

The Great Lakes are getting windier.Rising water temperatures are causing winds to increase more than 10 percent since 1985.Mike Simonson reports from Superior…

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Effects of windier Great Lakes could include less winter ice, more lakeshore breezes

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