Massive water crisis looming Standard Freeholder (3/11) Barring a huge worldwide reduction in fossil fuel use, global warming could pose massive environmental challenges on the St. Lawrence River ecosystem within 50 years or less.Ice boom removal at least two weeks away The Buffalo News (3/10) Ice on Lake Erie "still has a long way to go" before it melts enough to remove the ice boom. The National Weather Service shows 50 percent of Lake Erie is still covered with ice.Lake Huron sinkholes harbor unexpected life forms Bay View Compass (3/1) Sinkholes discovered in the bottom of Lake Huron have conditions just as harsh -- and harbor life forms just as unusual -- as those of deep-sea hydrothermal vents or Antarctica's permanently frozen lakes.