Great Lakes Echo (https://greatlakesecho.org/category/climate/page/6/)
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The Great Lakes region should expect shorter winters, according to a long-term deep water temperature study of Lake Michigan by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory.
With extreme weather across the nation and the failure of water infrastructure systems in Texas, Michigan residents may be wondering if the state is up to dealing with extreme and unexpected weather conditions such as floods and tornadoes.
University trustee supported public engagement with sustainability science and policy.
It’s an especially severe challenge to Northern Michigan and other rural parts of the state.
Great Lakes Echo reporter Claire Moore chats with University of Waterloo, Ontario, professor Daniel Scott about how climate change may affect skiing and other winter sports in eastern North America in the coming decades.
As climate change intensifies, some scientists fear for the future of the North American maple syrup industry.
Climate change is pushing vineyard owners to prepare for possible impacts, including the effects on pests that threaten Michigan’s $2.1 billion-a-year wine industry.
The heavy rain in recent years has left farmers with dangerously high levels of stress.
Michigan’s 3.9 million acres of state forests could be recruited for a fight to limit climate change by storing carbon emissions.
The Environmental Insight Explorer collects a city’s potential solar output, carbon emissions and long term climate outlook.