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Mr. Great Lakes (Jeff Kart) reports from Bay City, Michigan’s Delta College Q-90.1 FM. Mr. Great Lakes, Climate Change, Children’s Health and Mussels by Great Lakes Echo
This week, Kart discusses climate change in the Great Lakes, protecting children’s health and fighting mussels with algae. Text at Mr. Great Lakes
A recent federal climate report indicates decreasing ice coverage on the Great Lakes that could lead to more evaporation, lower water levels and costlier shipping.
The northern boundaries of sportfish species have moved further north in the past three decades, although the amount of change varied from species to species, according to the study published in the journal “Diversity and Distributions.”
While for some media outlets photography is taking a back seat, at National Geographic, it continues to be a central part of the brand.
Determining the impacts of climate change is difficult.
There are hundreds of factors that determine how communities are influenced.
To understand the challenges associated with climate change, scientists use system dynamics models.
Many scientists predict that as climate change becomes more extreme, dry and coastal regions around the globe will be heavily impacted by drought and rising sea levels. Entire communities could disappear. The art project, ‘A People’s Archive of Sinking and Melting,’ documents these threatened areas.
When formerly submerged trees end up on shore, prey fish lose their cover from predators.
Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, Marquette and Ludington are among those planning for climate trends that they are already seeing take shape.
Officials say that unusual weather brought on by climate change can have health consequences that range from something as minor as dehydration to as serious as a West Nile virus outbreak.
Public interest in (and donations for) the devastating Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines is alarmingly low compared to similar recent international disasters, a recent report says.
But some Michigan residents, like Hollyann Powers and her family, are working to make sure information gets out – and leads to action.