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  • Great Lakes region faces growing climate change-related threats

    Mar 22, 2019 10:45 am by Diana YatesOutreach
    The Great Lakes as seen from space. Photo by: SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

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    • The Great Lakes as seen from space. Photo by: SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

    Climate scientists led by Illinois' Don Wuebbles issued a report that foresees a growing trend of wetter winters and springs: more flooding in urban areas, and unpredictable cycles of heat and rainfall could undermine agriculture.