From the column: "What might this year bring? What does the warming of Superior mean for the natural systems of a lake that is famously clean, clear, and cold? . Good questions."
Six swimmers completed a 48-mile, 24-hour relay in Lake Superior, from Split Rock Lighthouse to Duluth, without wetsuits to set a record and to raise awareness of the impacts of climate change on one of the world’s largest lakes.
Anyone who shudders at the thought of precious-mineral mining of any kind near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness should be quick to grasp the power of carbon pricing as the only thing that might save it.