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In a thermokarst lake with the "swampy meadow" vegetation type, where biomass, projective cover, and species diversity index are higher, a greater flow into thermokarst lakes has been detected. This ...
Partially due to the extraordinary amount of islands in Lake Huron (30,000), the shoreline extends more than 6100 km. On its own, Lake Huron is the second largest lake of the great lakes.
Timeline: What happened and when Saturday, June 21, 2025 2:20 to 2:45 p.m.: Dark clouds form over the Sierra, with light rain near Emerald Bay. 3 p.m.: A thunderstorm downdraft strikes the lake ...
The brush fire ignited near Silverwood Lake on Saturday afternoon. The flames spread at a "dangerous rate" to more than 478 acres in size by 7:45 p.m., as the fire made a push to the north, Cal ...
Between noon and 3 p.m., winds in South Lake Tahoe went from 5 or 10 mph to 35 to 45 mph, according to the National Weather Service. The temperature dropped from the mid-50s to the upper 30s.
The body of the last person missing from a boat that capsized on Lake Tahoe in California during a sudden and powerful weekend thunderstorm was found Monday, bringing the death toll to eight.
The City of Lake Oswego announced officials are closing Oswego Lake access over the Fourth of July weekend out of safety concerns after a years-long legal battle for public access to the lake.
Lake Natron is a soda lake in northern Tanzania with a volcanic geology that maintains the water's pH around 10.5, which is almost as caustic as ammonia. Some life-forms thrive there nevertheless.
Boaters float along Utah Lake by the Lindon Marina in Lindon on Aug. 22, 2022. (Photo: Ben B. Braun, Deseret News) The majority of people access Utah Lake through Provo Bay, but a second boat ...
The first fire, which is being called the Lake Fire, is burning near Silverwood Lake, north of Crestline and Lake Arrowhead. At least 478 acres have burned with no containment as of 7 p.m. Saturday.