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Report Analyzes Impact Of Climate Change On Great Lakes, US Midwest
2013-01-19 13:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Because of global warming, heat waves will become harsher and intense rainstorms will become more common in the US Midwest over the next couple of decades, claims a new report released by the federal government last week. The Midwest chapter of the over 1,100 page National Climate Assessment also revealed that the region would be subject to degrading air and water quality, an increased frequency of flooding, and potential public health risks, the University of Michigan announced on Friday. Three...
How Climate Change is Damaging the Great Lakes
2013-01-18 20:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Great Lakes Michigan and Huron set a new record low water level for the month of December, and in the coming weeks they could experience their lowest water levels ever. Its becoming certain that, like the rest of the country, the Great Lakes are feeling the effects of climate change. Last year was officially the warmest year on record for the lower-48 states. The hot summer air has been causing the surface water of the Great Lakes to increase in temperature. One might think this causes more precipitation...
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Army photos of last boat through the Soo Locks mark end of 2012 Great Lakes shipping season
2013-01-16 13:27:39| Chemicals - Topix.net
The sun sets on the Cason J. Callaway as it makes it way into the Poe Lock at the Soo Locks in Sault Ste.
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New study concludes oil sands development has significantly increased PAH and DBT loadings in regional lakes; combined with effects of climate change, a new ecological state for the lakes
2013-01-09 12:30:34| Green Car Congress
Deep In Canadian Lakes, Signs Of Tar Sands Pollution
2013-01-09 00:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Canadian researchers have used the mud at the bottom of lakes like a time machine to show that tar sands oil production in Alberta, Canada, is polluting remote regional lakes as far as 50 miles from the operations. An increasingly large share of U.S. oil comes from Canada's tar sands. There are environmental consequences of this development, but until recently, Canadian regional and federal governments left it to the industry to monitor these effects. A new study follows other recent rigorous...
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