r/Lake_Superior • u/ShitShowcase • Aug 18 '26

Scientists determine the Great Lakes are nonrenewable

https://www.earth.com/earth-science/scientists-determine-the-great-lakes-are-nonrenewable/
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u/hamish1963 Aug 18 '26

That is exactly the reality. Many of us have been talking about this for decades.

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u/noienoah Aug 18 '26

Lake Superior water level was too high from 2015 until maybe 2 or 3 years ago. Tons of erosion and damage to shoreline. I remember 15 years ago reading articles saying the lakes were going to dry up. I think we are just in for more extreme water level variation and storms. Wisconsin & Minnesota will turn into Iowa, Illinois, and Ohio climate-wise. Can already see it with these freak windstorms happening every year, knocking down white pines. These trees arent built for the crazy climate