This blog answers four questions that explore how water levels and coastal storms interact with each other and their potential impact on coastal hazards. Waves and Coastal Storms and Erosion, Oh My! Coastal storms are an annual occurrence on Lake Michigan but this fall and winter season, Lake Michigan’s southeastern Wisconsin’s coastal communities…
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The water levels on all the Great Lakes still remain above their long-term averages as of the beginning of February 2020. Lake Michigan surpassed its record-high monthly mean for January dating back to 1918. This is the first new monthly record set for Lake Michigan in our recent period of high water levels. The Great Lakes…
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The water levels on all the Great Lakes still remain above average as of the beginning of the New Year. Lake Michigan is currently above the highest monthly average for the month of January that was set for the Lake in 1987. If the lake remains at this level, it would be the first new…
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