Climate Change is a global problem, but a specific subset of its challenges are already affecting the Great Lakes Region.
Insects like the monarch butterfly are predicted to migrate north as temperatures rise across the Great Lakes region.
If climate change continues as predicted, corn and soybean yields in Great Lake states like Ohio and Indiana could decrease 20-30% by 2049 and 40-80% by 2090.
Changing precipitation and higher temperatures could change what types of trees grow in the Great Lakes region, potentially causing great losses to these states’ timber industries.
Rising temperatures and increased extreme rainfall events could increase water contamination through thousands of combined sewer systems in the region.
Climate Change will increase both droughts and floods in the Great Lakes region, severely affecting agriculture, an important industry in most Great Lakes states.
More than 11 million people rely on Lake Erie for their drinking water, putting them at risk for illness from contaminated water.
Harmful algal blooms continue to be a problem for the Lake Erie ecosystem and lakeshore communities, and predicted climate change impacts like increased heavy precipitation and higher temperatures have the[...]
The Climate Ready Ohio PowerPoint slides are designed to replace or complement some of the slides in NOAA’s Climate Ready Great Lakes. In addition, these notes provide suggestions for small[...]
The Matrix was designed to help communities identify the current “value” of their navigational and port infrastructure, allowing them to extrapolate the potential costs for maintaining these resources in the[...]
The Great Lakes sensitivity to climate variation is like the “bird in the coal mine;” serving as an early indicator of potential environmental, social and economic issues that will become[...]
Climate Ready Great Lakes consists of three modules designed to help create a Great Lakes region that is “climate ready.” Toward this end, these modules provide stakeholders and decision makers[...]
Final Report on a three-year effort by Sea Grant and NOAA partners to begin to address climate impacts to ports, harbors and stormwater management facilities in the Great Lakes region.[...]
Final Report: NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory‘s Climate and Hydrologic Modeling Activities Associated with the Project “NOAA Sectoral Applications Research Program (SARP): Coastal Resource Management/Water Resources Management” 2010 report[...]
Powerpoint slide series (52 slides) developed by Dave MacNeill (NY Sea Grant) for use in addressing general audiences on the topic of climate change and it’s associated uncertainty. Communicating Uncertainty[...]
Article by Dale Bergeron (MN Sea Grant) and Gene Clark (WI Sea Grant) which appeared from Great Lakes Seaway Review, July-September 2010. Port Asset Values & Economic Impacts
A simple table allowing comparison of the features of various visualization software products that can be used to visualize the impacts of climate change. Comparison of Visualization Software
Great Lakes Climate News and Events