Climate Change in the Great Lakes: Advancing the Regional Discussion
Hinderer J, Haven C, Koslow M. 2010. Climate Change in the Great Lakes: Advancing the Regional Discussion
The Great Lakes region is currently experiencing warmer air and water temperatures, decreases of lake ice, longer onset of lake stratification, changes to migration patterns of wildlife, more variable water levels, decreases in soil quality, longer growing seasons and extreme precipitation. Scientists associate these trends with climate change and predict that the trends and their associated impacts may intensify over time. Climate change adaptation provides an opportunity to build resiliency in anticipation of new and accelerated trends and impacts as a result of mounting greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere. Stakeholders throughout the Great Lakes are beginning to plan for and implement adaptation measures that will help prepare for and diminish these impacts.