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Climate Change of the Great Lakes Region What's New | General Resources | Related Resources 
What's New EDITORIAL: Managing lakes calls for patience The Saginaw News (5/8) From Sebewaing to Saugatuck to Sault Ste. Marie, the question is always the same: Where did all the water go? EDITORIAL: Manmade cures may not fix Great Lakes The Ann Arbor News (5/6) Don't look for a manmade cure for plunging lake levels. There may not be a simple fix. Water levels top worries, survey finds The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (5/2) A poll released Thursday shows Wisconsin residents are more worried about declining water levels than about global warming. Profiling a lake's 'nasty' invaders The Windsor Star (4/29) The Franz Theodore Stone Laboratory on the tiny historic Gibraltar Island in western Lake Erie has hosted generations of students, young biologists and leading researchers for more than 100 years. Interview: Economics and environment The Environment Report (4/28) The author of a new book ‘The Bridge at the Edge of the World’ says in this process of growth, capitalism is not paying for its consequences. EDITORIAL: Earth Day brings new challenges Bemidji Pioneer (4/23) It is refreshing to see the renewed interest in doing what we can to keep our “house” in order. After all, it’s the only one we have.
General Resources Climate Change The Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation Through research and education, the Coastal Centre is raising the awareness of climate change locally, and encouraging individuals, school groups and communities to pay more attention to this important issue. Climate Change Environment Canada A clearinghouse of climate change related information. 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. Global Warming Impacts on the Great Lakes U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) A joint project of EPA, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service, this report outlines the potential effects of climate change on wildlife and wildlands in the Great Lakes and Upper Midwest. 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. Register now for their March 22 workshop: Climate Change and Agriculture in the Great Lakes 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 Great Lakes Regional Assessment Sponsored by the the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and coordinated by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, this Great Lakes project is one of 19 regional assessments studying the impacts of climate change. 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. The Science of Climate Change Environment Canada An explanation of climate change and how it could affect the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence region.
Related Resources GLIN: Agencies and Organizations, Weather GLIN: Climate Change Research in the Great Lakes Region 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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