For the first time, a team of climate and water experts has predicted patterns of declining ice cover in northern freshwater lakes for the next few decades. Not a lake here and a few more over there — that’s been done, of course. The new work, published last week in the journal Nature Climate Change, looks at ice-loss scenarios for some 1.4 million lakes across our hemisphere. And you needn’t be an ice-fishing enthusiast or lake-hopping snowmobiler to appreciate the bad news in their findings: “An extensive loss of lake ice will occur within the next generation.” The focus here is not only on the relatively few, more southerly lakes that may stop freezing altogether as the globe continues to warm. It also includes the very large set of lakes where ice formation will continue, but in a reduced and unreliable way — starting later, ending sooner, with unpredictable cycles of thaw and refreeze along the way. One example, from the research announcement … [Read more...] about Northern lakes are losing their ice cover at an accelerating rate
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Complete effort, with some striking saves, lifts Colorado College hockey over Vermont
While Colorado College fans enjoyed the fruits of Alex Leclerc’s multiple highlight-reel saves Friday night, the goaltender himself immediately shed his pads and charged down the hallway to watch film of the one that got away late.The goal didn’t matter as far as the result, but it mattered to him.“There’s small details that you want to fix right away,” Leclerc explained. “There’s another perspective from the camera angle.”From all angles, the Tigers kept rolling, playing with confidence in a 5-2 win over Vermont at The Broadmoor World Arena. CC scored three unanswered goals in the second and third periods and held off an empty-net comeback bid.Trey Bradley gave the Tigers a two-goal cushion with the eventual game-winner 1:20 into the third period. Nick Halloran threaded a pass through the legs of a Catamounts defender and Bradley got two chances on the doorstep.“Really proud of the way they played tonight,” coach Mike … [Read more...] about Complete effort, with some striking saves, lifts Colorado College hockey over Vermont
Websites sow confusion and anger in Woodbury elections
Two Woodbury organizations say someone has hijacked their identities for political websites that endorse local candidates. Both groups say they don’t endorse. One campaign website uses the name of a Woodbury nonprofit. Another uses Woodbury hockey issues — over the objections of the local hockey club. Both websites promote city council candidate Bill Braun and mayoral candidate Joe Hernandez. “I am terrified and offended that this kind of campaigning is occurring in the city,” said Steve Morris, a council candidate who was attacked by the group operating one website. The people who run Woodbury Thrives, a program of the Woodbury Community Foundation, were rattled when they discovered the website woodbury.thrives.mn. The site endorses candidates running in the Nov. 6 election, something that the community foundation would never do. “This organization is riding on the coattails of Woodbury Thrives,” said Lori Nelson, director of the Woodbury Community … [Read more...] about Websites sow confusion and anger in Woodbury elections
Suspect in synagogue massacre known as loner
Tim Craig, Avi Selk, Shawn Boburg and Andrew Ba Tran, The Washington Post Published 7:01 pm PDT, Sunday, October 28, 2018 This image widely distributed by US media on October 27, 2018 shows a Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) ID picture of Robert Bowers, the suspect of the attack at the Tree of Life synagogue during a baby naming ceremony in Pittsburgh, Pensylvania. - Eleven people were killed and six injured in a Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, the city's public safety director Wendell Hissrich said, an attack the FBI is investigating as a federal hate crime. Authorities confirmed the suspect in custody was Robert Bowers, whose actions Scott Brady, the US attorney for Pennsylvania's Western District, said "represent the worst of humanity." less This image widely distributed by US media on October 27, 2018 shows a Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) ID picture of Robert Bowers, the suspect of the attack at the Tree of Life synagogue during a baby ... more … [Read more...] about Suspect in synagogue massacre known as loner
The day the Stanley Cup went missing — in Siberia
Most people have had that sinking feeling of waiting at the airport carousel only to discover their luggage has gone AWOL.So imagine how Phil Pritchard felt when he found out that the 125-year-old Stanley Cup -- one of the most iconic trophies in sport -- had gone missing in Siberia.For 30 years, Pritchard has been the curator at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Canada.He is more widely known around the world as "The Keeper of the Cup," playing a vital part in a storied custom -- chaperoning the 35-pound trophy to each member of the team that wins the National Hockey League's championship.Pritchard readily admits he's biased but for him the way the Stanley Cup is taken to each member of the winning team is the greatest post-championship tradition in sports."The green jacket, the (milk) chug, all of that, are awesome," Pritchard told CNN Sport, referring to traditions associated with the Masters at Augusta and the Indianapolis 500."They are great traditions. They are designed for … [Read more...] about The day the Stanley Cup went missing — in Siberia