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Attachment to your community can motivate climate change action
-Researchers from the University of Minnesota and the California Association of Resource Conservation Districts surveyed residents of the north shore of Lake Superior to understand how the communities there might be impacted by climate change.
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Michigan’s climate-ready future: wetland parks, less cement, roomy shores
-What does Michigan’s future look like if we adequately prepare the state’s water resources for climate change? Goodbye to septics and shore-hugging homes. Hello to more diversified crops on Michigan farms.
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Habitat Focus: To help the birds, nonprofit organization looks to Great Lakes habitats
-With more than a quarter of North America’s bird population lost in the last 50 years, the National Audubon Society is targeting Great Lakes wetlands and coastal areas for projects, hoping to restore enough key bird habitats to deter the decline.
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Hundreds of lakes in U.S., Europe are losing oxygen
-The study’s authors said declining oxygen could lead to increased fish kills, algal blooms and methane emissions.
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Protected areas cover a sixth of Earth’s land and freshwater
-The protected areas include places like the Great Lakes’ Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and the Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area.
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Green Infrastructure: Cities around the Great Lakes plan for a changing future
-Rain gardens, bioretention features, adaptable parks and more are popping up all around the region.
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Great Lakes water surge eases after 2 record-setting years
-A months-long spell of dry, mild weather is giving the Great Lakes a break after two years of high water that shattered records and heavily damaged shoreline roads and homes.
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Lake Levels: Expect higher than average lake levels but no new record
-Below average rainfall has lake level forecasts lower this year.
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Tsunamis caused by air pressure could resuspend Great Lakes contaminants
-Researchers are trying to figure out if climate change will increase the number of meteotsunamis in the summer.
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Flooding Tells ‘Two Different Stories’ In Michigan
-Climate disruption is revealing economic inequality.