(Northern NYS) Climate Change indications on ice

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http://www.pressrepublican.com/0100_news/local_story_320224908.html

Published November 15, 2008 10:49 pm - Local science aligned with international reports on melting ice and warming trends.

Climate Change indications on ice

By KIM SMITH DEDAM
Staff Writer

LAKE PLACID — The strongest sign of a changing climate comes from ice.

Sea ice and glaciers, even at the highest elevations on Earth, are retreating faster than science has predicted.

It's taking weeks longer for ice to cover the lakes in the Northeast, if it does at all. Northern Lake Champlain doesn't freeze over every year anymore.

The most complete record of ice-over data in the North Country comes from ice-in dates recorded on Mirror Lake.

The lake, 128 acres in the heart of Lake Placid, is freezing two weeks later than it did 100 years ago.

Ice-in has been tracked since 1903. The data carries enough statistical relevance to be seen as a solid indicator of change.

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[OKIsItJustMe]

1. For those who may not have noticed…

This item is from the Plattsburgh, http://www.pressrepublican.com/">Press Republican.

In case you didn’t gather it from the name, this is not a leftist rag. However, Plattsburgh sits on the shore of Lake Champlain, and longtime residents know the lake’s behavior has changed.

[bhikkhu]

2. That's a good catch

indicating that republican lakes are warming at the nearly the same rate as democratic lakes.

Perhaps its the egalitarian nature of climate change that really tees them off.

[pscot]

3. Lake Champlain, Sniff!

What can you expect from a lake named for a Frenchman.