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Great Lakes Water Levels are falling due to Climate Change
« on: May 01, 2026, 09:29:21 am »
Great Lakes Water Levels are falling due to Climate Change

Pro: Great Lakes Water Levels Are Falling

It’s no secret that, partially due to climate change, the water levels in the Great Lakes are getting very low. It’s becoming such a problem that six U.S. Senators from Great Lakes states are upset with President Obama for overlooking the Lakes in his Climate Action Plan. Here are a few excerpts of the letter to the President from Senators Levin, Durbin, Franken, Brown, Schumer, and Stabenow.

Source: :https://www.nrdc.org/experts/aliya-haq/climate-change-lowering-great-lakes-water-levels-should-waukesha-be-allowed-tap
Rising temperatures, extreme weather, damaged ecosystems and rising sea levels are affecting all parts of the world, and the Great Lakes are no exception. Home to 84 percent of North America’s surface fresh water and 21 percent of the world’s fresh water, the lakes are becoming ever more threatened as the Earth’s temperatures continue to rise.

Lake Erie has been particularly prone to the impacts of rising carbon dioxide concentrations and warming lake temperatures. Tourism, recreation, fish and wildlife, and shipping are all being impacted by the changing climate, and the situation is expected to only worsen in the decades to come.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/great-lakes-water-levels-are-falling-due-to-climate-change/
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Re: Great Lakes Water Levels are falling due to Climate Change
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2026, 09:33:41 am »
Good news.  More beach front property.
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Re: Great Lakes Water Levels are falling due to Climate Change
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2026, 02:39:36 pm »
It's dry in the upper Midwest and northern plains, lake levels are noticeably lower.
Relatively little snow pack this year has been a factor, there isn't much to melt off.
You'd think it would make the fish easier to catch (there being less water for them to hang out in, and the lake shrinking as the levels drop), but so far, that has not been in evidence.
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Re: Great Lakes Water Levels are falling due to Climate Change
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2026, 02:52:43 pm »
We've been in a drought here in FL for months. Supposedly we are supposed to see El Nino conditions which is going to bring a significant amount of rain and flooding, but will help to keep the hurricanes from developing. 
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Re: Great Lakes Water Levels are falling due to Climate Change
« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2026, 02:59:18 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on May 01, 2026, 09:33:41 am
Good news.  More beach front property.

Kind of the opposite, isn't it?
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Re: Great Lakes Water Levels are falling due to Climate Change
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2026, 03:08:32 pm »
Quote from: libertybele on May 01, 2026, 02:52:43 pm
We've been in a drought here in FL for months. Supposedly we are supposed to see El Nino conditions which is going to bring a significant amount of rain and flooding, but will help to keep the hurricanes from developing. 

If it is not one thing, it is the other.  :)
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Re: Great Lakes Water Levels are falling due to Climate Change
« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2026, 03:16:25 pm »
Quote from: DB on May 01, 2026, 02:59:18 pm
Kind of the opposite, isn't it?
Smaller puddle, smaller waterline.
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