Climate change hurting national parks near Great Lakes, report says

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Source: Detroit News

Last Updated: July 13. 2011 2:57PM
Climate change hurting national parks near Great Lakes, report says
Jim Lynch/ The Detroit News


Climate change is impacting some of the major national parks in the Great Lakes region, according to a report released today.

Michigan destinations such as Sleeping Bear Dunes, Pictured Rocks and Isle Royale National Park were among the five parks studied in a report that targets global warming as the cause of a host of negative impacts on the parks. Those include:
*Birds dropping dead at Sleeping Bear Dunes due to outbreaks of botulism.
*Declining moose population on Isle Royale in Lake Superior.
*Temperature changes allowing Lyme disease-carrying ticks to show up for the first time on Isle Royale.
*The deterioration of shorelines at each park resulting from decreased winter ice.

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"If we don't rein in our emissions of carbon pollution, temperatures in the Great Lakes could go up eight degrees or more by the end of the century," said Thom Cmar, a staff attorney with the NRDC's Chicago office. "That would be like moving Florida's climate to Indiana."

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Read more: http://detnews.com/article/20110713/METRO/107130421/Climate-change-hurting-national-parks-near-Great-Lakes--report-says#ixzz1S14ONlXY

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1. We had this on the agenda at our church's annual conference

The delegates agreed to refer the matter to our Washington DC office to coordinate with other agencies to develop ideas for lessening human impact on the environment.

However, prior to the vote, as we always do, there was extensive discussion of the idea. One fellow got up to talk about his career as a dairy farmer, and allowed that in that capacity, the last two winters were the coldest he could remember in his 65 years. He was against the resolution, however, because his conclusion was that "It's not getting warmer."

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2. You might remind him that "data" is not the plural of "anecdote"...

...then show him some pics of the melting glaciers.

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3. Fortunately . . .

We had a meal break in the middle of the discussion, and when we reconvened, the Moderator called on a person who has traveled extensively all over the world. In about three minutes, he had demolished about two dozen talking points, and we moved to a vote and made the referral. The pre-break comments, though, were about enough to make you want to jam knitting needles in your ears.