由于干燥的天气和自然循环,大湖水位处于10年最低水平,影响到船船,但没有影响航运。 Great Lakes water levels are at a 10-year low due to dry weather and a natural cycle, affecting boaters but not shipping.

据大湖环境研究所的Mike McKay说,由于干旱天气和自然的15年周期,大湖水位已经下降到近十年来的最低水平,低于正常水平30-40厘米。 Great Lakes water levels have dropped to their lowest in about a decade, 30 to 40 centimeters below normal, due to dry weather and a natural 15-year cycle, according to Mike McKay of the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research. 这一下降造成了海滩扩大、浅滩码头和船船的挑战,但由于疏浚,航运仍然不受影响。 The decline has caused extended beaches, shallow docks, and challenges for boaters, but shipping remains unaffected thanks to dredging. 虽然一些湿地暂时干涸,但预计不会减少养分过滤,不会对环境或经济产生重大影响。 While some wetlands are drying temporarily, reducing nutrient filtration, major environmental or economic impacts are not expected. 2018年和2019年严重水灾和水土流失之后,水位较低,据专家说,这一趋势很可能再持续几年,在即将到来的冬季仅可能稍有恢复。 The low levels follow severe flooding and erosion in 2018 and 2019, and experts say the trend will likely continue for several more years, with only minor recovery possible in the coming winter.