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Bye-bye great lakes


Posted on Tuesday, 11 December, 2007 | 13 comments

Alex Zelaya: Researchers in Michigan are pointing at new evidence that water levels in the Great Lakes, which are near record low levels, may be shrinking due to global warming. The new study, points out that water levels in the Great Lakes, which supply drinking water to more than 40 million United States and Canadian residents, have fluctuated over thousands of years.

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Comment icon #9 Posted by Neognosis on 12 December, 2007, 16:21
We can "look back in time" by examining things like strata in the geology, fossil records in flood plains, etc. Then again, I'm no geologist, hydrologist, or paleontologist, so I'll rely on what they say.

Comment icon #10 Posted by ravergirl on 12 December, 2007, 16:30
me neither Im just wondering....how do you KNOW. I am very skeptical about global warming. part of my skepticism is fear. I want some ones proof that they have fluctuated for thousands of years.i dont want to read it I just want to know it is there....and that it isn't some "be careful&quo...

Comment icon #11 Posted by Neognosis on 12 December, 2007, 16:39
Well, I learned the basics in college, and for stuff beyond the basics, I'll trust the scientific community, the people who spend their lifetimes studying this stuff. Who am I to argue with them? When the vast majority of the people who spend their lives on a topic have an opinion on that topic...

Comment icon #12 Posted by Serpentine on 12 December, 2007, 16:50
You're on safer ground(pardon the expression if you live in Florida) if you think of it as global climate change. If the change is significant enough to alter the ocean currents and the gulf stream fails it'll be a darn sight colder in Britain for a long while.

Comment icon #13 Posted by The Omega Entity on 19 December, 2007, 1:33
Lake Michigans water table is declining at an alarming rate to say the least. Natural fluctuations are expected and can occur every several decades, but this is different. The Nestle corps. as well as others have set up large-scale, shoreline factories to harvest the water and sell the majority of i...

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