Deep enough to hold the combined water in all the other Great Lakes and with a surface area as large as South Carolina, Lake Superior's size has lent it an aura of invulnerability. But the mighty Superior is losing water and getting warmer, worrying those who live near its shores, scientists and companies that rely on the lake for business.
The changes to the lake could be signs of climate change, although scientists aren't sure.
Superior's level is at its lowest point in eight decades and will set a record this fall if, as expected, it dips three more inches. Meanwhile, the average water temperature has surged 4.5 degrees since 1979, significantly above the 2.7-degree rise in the region's air temperature during the same period
Also the near continuous reports of coastal inundation from India, Indonesia, etc. This when sea levels have hardly risen so far. And Northern Europe's strangely cool wet summer, not dissimilar to the beginning of the "Little Ice Age" in the 14th century, supposedly caused by a slow down of the Gulf Stream.
Seems things are happening much much faster than expected and also in ways that we're not entirely expecting. Also the increasingly significant impact on farming and food production.
Triumvirate of collapse - Economy, Ecosystem, Energy
That's a rewrite of an AP story by John Fleischer, Changing Lake Superior frustrates boaters, mystifies scientists, that was posted here on July 30th, alongside a story about Lake Erie's problems. BP is about to get permission, or has it already, to dump additional amounts of mercury, ammonia and solid waste in Lake Michigan, from its Whiting refinery..
The climate is an incredibly complex system with all manner of positive feedback loops. As climate changes it can be expected to produce a wide range of different effects in different areas as it interacts with physical features, ocean circulation and weather patterns. TOD:C tries to present an overview of how it seems to be playing out globally, and how it may be interacting with peak oil and other stressors.
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Thanks for the Round-Up, its appreciated.
On climate change, I'm beginning to wonder whether we're getting the whole story. For example this story about lake Superior:
Lake Superior Changes Mystify Scientists
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=169&sid=1578979
Also the near continuous reports of coastal inundation from India, Indonesia, etc. This when sea levels have hardly risen so far. And Northern Europe's strangely cool wet summer, not dissimilar to the beginning of the "Little Ice Age" in the 14th century, supposedly caused by a slow down of the Gulf Stream.
Seems things are happening much much faster than expected and also in ways that we're not entirely expecting. Also the increasingly significant impact on farming and food production.
Triumvirate of collapse - Economy, Ecosystem, Energy
That's a rewrite of an AP story by John Fleischer, Changing Lake Superior frustrates boaters, mystifies scientists, that was posted here on July 30th, alongside a story about Lake Erie's problems. BP is about to get permission, or has it already, to dump additional amounts of mercury, ammonia and solid waste in Lake Michigan, from its Whiting refinery..
We're doing great!
The climate is an incredibly complex system with all manner of positive feedback loops. As climate changes it can be expected to produce a wide range of different effects in different areas as it interacts with physical features, ocean circulation and weather patterns. TOD:C tries to present an overview of how it seems to be playing out globally, and how it may be interacting with peak oil and other stressors.