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Northern communities are losing lake ice as winter get warmer — and weirder

NPR | By Berly McCoy

Published March 5, 2026 at 4:15 PM CST

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More than a thousand people recently gathered on frozen Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisc., for a celebration of winter. But a changing climate is affecting life above the ice.

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Kimberly (Berly) McCoy (she/her) is an assistant producer for NPR's science podcast, Short Wave. The podcast tells stories about science and scientists, in all the forms they take.

Northern communities are losing lake ice as winter get warmer — and weirder

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