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Peering into the future of winter ice on the Mississippi River
U S Geological Survey ecologist Kathi Jo Jankowski and colleagues describe an unusually ice free winter along the Upper Mississippi across Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa with ice floes pancake ice and early thaw signaling changing conditions. Ship traffic began earlier than average and Lake Pepin ice measurements were canceled for the first time due to scant ice while researchers consider ecological impacts and adaptation options.
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Mississippi River
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Kathi Jo Jankowski
U.S. Geological Survey
la Crosse
Jankowski
Midwest
Illinois
Missouri
Shawn Giblin
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Lake Pepin
Reads Landing
Red Wing
Minn
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
St. Paul District
Patrick Moes
Corps
Upper
Mississippi
Lake
Pepin
Larson