The Environmental Law and Policy Center identified twelve areas along Lake Michigan that face flooding and erosion risks and created twelve maps that visualize potential impacts of storm-related flooding events during high lake levels. This report seeks to inform...
The Indiana University (IU) Climate Action Plan was created to define IU’s carbon footprint, its goals for the future, and a pathway that lays out the changes that are needed to achieve decarbonization across all University campuses within the IU system.
This study analyzes how the subsurface water temperature of Lake Michigan is responding to climate change. It finds that deep water temperatures in Lake Michigan have been rising in the winter, and the data show a shortened winter season results in higher subsurface...
This assessment presents various trends related to climate impacts on Lake Erie, including lake levels, net basin water supply, ice cover, lake surface temperature, and basin air temperature.
This assessment presents various trends related to climate impacts on Lake Michigan, including lake levels, net basin water supply, ice cover, lake surface temperature, and basin air temperature.
This study uses models to investigate temperature effects induced by climate change on the growth and consumption by Chinook salmon, lake trout, and steelhead in lakes Michigan and Huron. Its findings indicate that lake trout and steelhead would be better adapted to a...
This study uses a model to investigate potential effects of climate change on the growth of two economically important native fishes, yellow perch and lake whitefish, in lakes Michigan and Huron. It finds that effects of climate change on the growth of these two...
This article uses a hydrology model to investigate changes in the distribution of surface runoff and streamflow in the four U.S. states surrounding Lake Michigan, evaluating projections for three time spans throughout the 21st century. It finds that that streamflow is...
This research examines climate change impacts under low- to high-emission scenarios at 99 ski areas in the American Midwest market with snowmaking. Results are compared with previous studies that neglected snowmaking as a climate risk management strategy, possibly...
This assessment aims to inform decision-makers, utility and natural resource managers, public health officials, emergency planners, and other stakeholders by providing a thorough examination of the effects of climate change on the Midwest, including the Great Lakes...
