The Great Lakes basin contains a huge treasure, about 20 percent of the world's and a whopping 95 percent of the nation's fresh surface water.

NPR: Governors Meet on Access to Great Lakes

The sea ice expanded during Southern Hemisphere autumn and winter in response to the development of a fresh, cool surface water layer, which floated on the denser, warmer salty sea water below.

BBC: Melt may explain Antarctica's sea ice expansion

In the center of the ocean, wind-driven currents bring fresh water to the surface, so stirring the ocean could transform it into a well-organized storage depot.

NEWYORKER: The Climate Fixers

Sequential optical images of high spatial resolution were used for the first time to derive surface ice velocities of Glaciar Upsala, a fast-moving fresh-water calving glacier in southern Patagonia.

UNESCO: Dublin Core