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What's New
Great Lakes wetlands may mitigate climate change
Great Lakes Echo (4/5)
Long valued for biological diversity and flood control, Great Lakes coastal wetlands are now seen as a tool to suck up and store excess carbon dioxide.

Fate of Great Lakes water and energy are linked
Great Lakes Echo (4/3)
The dependent relationship between energy and water is important, but in a water-rich state like Michigan, it’s easy to overlook.

Record-sized Lake Erie algae bloom of 2011 may become regular occurrence, study says
The Plain Dealer (4/1)
The record-shattering glut of toxic algae that fouled much of Lake Erie in 2011 wasn't a fluke, but a sign of what's likely ahead for the troubled lake, researchers say.

National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy
(3/29)
In partnership with state and tribal agencies, the Obama Administration recently released the first nationwide strategy to help public and private decision-makers address the impacts that climate change is having on natural resources and their dependent people and economies.

Climate change leading to more snow?
(3/20)
What impact is climate change having on the Great Lakes region? One impact may be increased lake-effect snow, according to "Sensitivity of Lake-effect Snowfall to Lake Ice Cover and Temperature in the Great Lakes Region," a recent paper authored by a University of Michigan doctoral student in the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences program.

Experts to discuss Great Lakes problems at forum
The Associated Press (3/14)
Experts will discuss Great Lakes environmental challenges during a forum hosted by the International Joint Commission's Great Lakes office on Thursday at Oakland University in Rochester.

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General Resources
Climate Change and Variability Program
NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL)
This research program brings together projects that examine the potential effects of climate change on the Great Lakes water resources and ecosystem.

Global Climate Change Resources
Sustainable Minnesota
Information on climate change in Minnesota and worldwide as well as plots of annual temperature trends.

Great Lakes Regional Climate Change Assessment
The Great Lakes assessment is one of 19 regional assessments sponsored by the U.S. EPA and coordinated by the U.S. Global Change Research Program. The Great Lakes Regional Assessment team consists of more than 30 faculty, research associates, graduate and undergraduate students, and external collaborators from around the region.

Impacts of Climate Change on the Great Lakes Basin
Environment Canada and NOAA
The goal of this 1998 project is to improve our understanding of the complex interactions between climate variability and change, the environment, and social and economic systems so that informed regional adaptation responses can be developed for the sustainable management of the Basin.

The Potential Impacts of Global Warming on the Great Lakes Region
Includes critical findings for the Great Lakes region from the first National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change.

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GLIN: Agencies and Organizations, Weather
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GLIN: Environmental Research in the Great Lakes Region
GLIN: Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Hydrology
GLIN: Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Water Flows
GLIN: Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Water Levels
GLIN: Weather and Climate in the Great Lakes Region

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