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WATCH: Satellite images reveal how Lake Erie has frozen over • Feb. 27, 2025, 4:20 AM ET (BBC)
Ice conditions have become unstable in many areas of Lake Erie, Coast Guard says • Feb. 26, 2025, 4:21 AM ET (CBS)

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water glass on white background. (drink; clear; clean water; liquid)
Water and its Varying Forms
Vintage image of students at desks in a classroom with a teacher standing in the background. (education, learning)
Are You Smarter Than a 1912 Middle Schooler? Quiz
Shallow staghorn water corals in fringing reef at low tide in Thailand. (coral reefs; endangered area; ocean habitat; sea habitat; coral reef)
Unknown Waters
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Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at the Hoover Dam. The light-coloured band of rock above the shoreline shows the decrease in water level in the first few years of the 21st century.
6 Lakes That Are Drying Up
Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at the Hoover Dam. The light-coloured band of rock above the shoreline shows the decrease in water level in the first few years of the 21st century.
6 Lakes That Are Drying Up