The Ice Age and the Transformation of the Great Lakes Roughly 20,000 years ago, the landscape of North America was unrecognizable compared to today. Colossal glaciers, sometimes a mile thick ...

Great Lakes basins may have formed millions of years ago from activity deep in the Earth — long ... Since the last major ice age started 2.7 million years ago and until it ended about 12,000 ...

Great Lakes ice coverage currently stands at 9.13%, NOAA said Thursday. Lake Erie continues to have the most ice, at 14.98% coverage, while Lake Huron is at 14.60%.

Great Lakes ice coverage reached an historic low in 2024, the NOAA said. Coverage reached 16.025 in January 2024, fell to 2.94% in early February and briefly rebounded to 12.18% before falling to ...

What years did the Great Lakes have the least ice? In 2002, the Great Lakes basin had just 11.9% ice coverage, NOAA said. In 2012, Lake Superior had 8.5% coverage.

Great Lakes ice coverage currently stands at 9.13%, NOAA said Thursday. Lake Erie continues to have the most ice, at 14.98% coverage, while Lake Huron is at 14.60%.

Great Lakes ice coverage reached an historic low in 2024, the NOAA said. Coverage reached 16.025 in January 2024, fell to 2.94% in early February and briefly rebounded to 12.18% before falling to ...