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This 6 page paper discusses possible solutions to climate change with respect to ground water in the Great Lakes Basin. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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and many others. This paper examines emergent solutions in the field of climate change; specifically global warming. It is restricted to the Great Lakes area of the United
States. Background The Great Lakes are the "largest source of surface fresh water in the world" and the Great Lakes Basin supports a diverse ecosystem. It also supports
a "burgeoning economy" and is the "linchpin for drinking water, hydroelectric power, commercial shipping and recreation" for the mid-region of the country (Sousounis and Glick, 2000). Global warning threatens
the Basin in many ways; in order to come up with a solution to the problem its necessary to decide how global warming impacts the area locally, something that cannot
be done if we study only national impact summaries (Sousounis and Glick, 2000). Discussion The Great Lakes are "particularly susceptible to the effects of rapid global warming" because of
the "heavy pressure from development on the hundreds of miles of delicate lakeshore and ecosystems" (Sousounis and Glick, 2000). By the end of the century, scientists predict that temperatures
in the region will warm by 2-4 degrees C, and precipitation could increase by as much as 25% (Sousounis and Glick, 2000). Despite the increased rainfall, the level of
the lakes is predicted to fall by as much as eight feet due to the increased temperature, "with serious implications for ecosystems and the economy" (Sousounis and Glick, 2000).
Among the problems are damage to water ecology, including the projected "shrinking lake biomass productivity by around 20 %" (Sousounis and Glick, 2000). This loss in productivity will
snowball and include "losses of zooplankton and phytoplankton that form the very base of aquatic food chains, and are critical to the survival of the many species of fish that
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