Global Warming...Regional Impact: Minnesota's Role in an Environmental Crisis
"The Great Lakes' health is essential to our well-being.
It's no secret that awareness of global warming has skyrocketed in recent years. But what does it mean for us here in the Land of 10,000 Lakes if climate change is unequivocal and accelerating? At a recent conference on Lake Superior, researchers agreed that global warming could wreak havoc on the Great Lakes. What is the probable impact of global warming on Minnesota's fresh water ecology? And how are these changes likely to affect our health and well-being?
On January 10, Deborah Swackhamer, director of the U of M's Institute on the Environment and professor in the School of Public Health, offered an important—and eye-opening—discussion of the regional impact of global warming.
It's no secret that awareness of global warming has skyrocketed in recent years. But what does it mean for us here in the Land of 10,000 Lakes if climate change is unequivocal and accelerating? At a recent conference on Lake Superior, researchers agreed that global warming could wreak havoc on the Great Lakes. What is the probable impact of global warming on Minnesota's fresh water ecology? And how are these changes likely to affect our health and well-being?
On January 10, Deborah Swackhamer, director of the U of M's Institute on the Environment and professor in the School of Public Health, offered an important—and eye-opening—discussion of the regional impact of global warming.
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