Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region : Navigating an Uncertain Future

✍ Scribed by Thomas Dietz; David Bidwell

Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 278
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

People living in the Great Lakes region are already feeling the effects of a changing climate. Shifts in seasonal temperatures and precipitation patterns could have dramatic impacts on the economy, ecology, and quality of life. In this illuminating and thorough volume, leading scholars address the challenge of preparing for climate change in the region, where decision makers from various sectors--government, agriculture, recreation, and tourism--must increasingly be aware of the need to incorporate climate change into their short- and long-term planning. The chapters in this revealing book, written by some of the foremost climate change scholars in North America, outline the major trends in the climate of the Great Lakes region, how humans might cope with the uncertainty of climate change impacts, and examples of on-the-ground projects that have addressed these issues.

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