Great Lakes Echo (https://greatlakesecho.org/category/climate/page/10/)
This includes climate change and stories about extreme weather. The main menu further divides this category with tags for drought and cold.
A winter warmer than the last two will increase evaporation. And precipitation will drop. But experts say many other factors also influence water levels. That makes them hard to predict.
If Michigan’s mitt could cross its fingers, it might do so to help El Nino provide the Great Lakes region with a milder winter. Road agencies faced with depleted salt budgets could use the break.
Climate-controlled growth chambers show that the negative impacts of climate change outweigh the positive ones for fish living in mild-temperature regions.
A University of Michigan survey finds that people are more likely to believe in global warming after they personally witness extreme weather events.
The Michigan Butterfly Network will soon be sending volunteers out to survey the state’s butterflies.
Current State discusses recent environmental stories with commentator Gary Wilson.
An image from a NASA earth observation satellite traces the twisted trail of debris left by the Fairdale, Ill. tornado, and drone footage shows the destruction from below.
The Michigan Department of Community Health is looking at how climate change could impact public health.
An Upper Peninsula lawmaker is reintroducing a bill to give counties an opportunity to get first bid on affordable plows that the Michigan Department of Transportation auctions.