Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region
Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region

Author: Thomas Dietz

Publisher: MSU Press

Published: 2011-12-01

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 1609172361

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People living in the Great Lakes region are already feeling the effects of a changing climate. Shifts in seasonal temperatures and precipitation patterns could have dramatic impacts on the economy, ecology, and quality of life. In this illuminating and thorough volume, leading scholars address the challenge of preparing for climate change in the region, where decision makers from various sectors—government, agriculture, recreation, and tourism—must increasingly be aware of the need to incorporate climate change into their short- and long-term planning. The chapters in this revealing book, written by some of the foremost climate change scholars in North America, outline the major trends in the climate of the Great Lakes region, how humans might cope with the uncertainty of climate change impacts, and examples of on-the-ground projects that have addressed these issues.

The Great Lakes Water Wars
The Great Lakes Water Wars

Author: Peter Annin

Publisher: Island Press

Published: 2009-08-25

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 159726637X

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The Great Lakes are the largest collection of fresh surface water on earth, and more than 40 million Americans and Canadians live in their basin. Will we divert water from the Great Lakes, causing them to end up like Central Asia's Aral Sea, which has lost 90 percent of its surface area and 75 percent of its volume since 1960? Or will we come to see that unregulated water withdrawals are ultimately catastrophic? Peter Annin writes a fast-paced account of the people and stories behind these upcoming battles. Destined to be the definitive story for the general public as well as policymakers, The Great Lakes Water Wars is a balanced, comprehensive look behind the scenes at the conflicts and compromises that are the past-and future-of this unique resource.

Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region
Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region

Author: Stephen Wittman

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13:

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"This report presents a summary of the "Starting a public discussion" series of eight seminars on climate change and some of its likely effects on Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region that were held at seven locations around the state in 2007."

Weather and Climate of the Great Lakes Region
Weather and Climate of the Great Lakes Region

Author: Val L. Eichenlaub

Publisher: Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13:

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Explains the atmospheric processes underlying the characteristic weather patterns of the Great Lakes region and evaluates the role of air pollution and nuclear power plants.