News Main Animals Archaeology Dinosaurs Earth History Human Animal Space Tech   AP Photo |   Critical Connections The Olympic Merit is guided to port by a tug in Lake Superior near Whitefish Point, Mich. Research shows that climate change thousands of years ago once drained the lakes to the point where they were isolated from each other. This suggests the same could happen again, cutting off critical transportation routes. | Discovery News Video   « back to article

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