(Photo of Lake Michigan at Petoskey from Flickr and photographer .jowo/Joel Dinda.)
News Update 2: Climate change will hurt the Great Lakes ecosystem, a report released last week says. Even worse, it will put pressure on the 8 states and 2 Canadian provinces bordering the lakes to sell water to other states and even other countries as droughts get worse and the value of water goes up. To meet the diversion threat, states in the Great Lakes basin have formed a compact not to divert the water. Wisconsin was the 6th state to sign on last week. But the agreement must be ratified by Congress. Will reps from other regions be willing to do that? The Great Lakes contain 20% of the world’s fresh surface water. Other climate change threats to the lakes include invasive species interrupting the food chain for fish, shallow water disrupting shipping, and stronger storms sending more pollution into the lakes. Tourist activities like fishing, skiing, snowmobiling and swimming will likely be hurt by the warming of the region and changes in the lakes. Learn more and download the report. (Sources: ClimateWire, National Wildlife Federation)
1 comment:
Drought? There you go again.
According to NOAA, that’s just another LIE from the politically motivated Environmental Extremists.
To recreate that graph, start here and:
1) Under “Data Type”, select “Precipitation”
2) Under “Period”, select “Annual”.
3) Click “Submit”
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