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GREAT LAKES REGIONAL ASSESSMENT: REPORT OF A WORKSHOP ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION
Citation:
Sousounis, P., G. albercook, J. Andresen, J. Bisanz, W. Braun, A. Brooks, D. Brown, H. H. Cheng, M. Donahue, B. Hulsey, K. Kunkel, G. Kuper, F. Quinn, F. Quinn, K. Rogers, P. Samson, J. Scheraga, AND J. Winkler. GREAT LAKES REGIONAL ASSESSMENT: REPORT OF A WORKSHOP ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., 1998.
Impact/Purpose:
This report on the Upper Great Lakes regional Workshop summarizes the stakeholder workshop held as part of the U.s. National Assessment Process in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1998. The report contains the background information that was presented to workshop participants, transcripts of speeches given at the workshop, and summaries of the interests and concerns of the workshop participants. The results of the workshop were used to guide the assessment of the potential consequences of climate change on the Great Lakes Region.
Description:
The Upper Great Lakes workshop, sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), was held at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan from 4-7 May 1998 to discuss some of the potential consequences of climate change in the Upper Great Lakes region (e.g., Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan). The workshop was one of 19 workshops that were sponsored by the U.S. global Change research Program through other federal agencies. For example, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sponsored the Upper Great Lakes Workshop, while the National Aeronautics and space Administration (NASA) sponsored similar workshops in the southeastern United States. The workshop addressed four questions: (1) what are the current stresses in the region? (2) How will climate change and climate variability ameliorate or exacerbate these stresses? (3) What additional information is needed to understand better the impacts of climate change and variability in the region? And (4) What are the coping mechanisms that would minimize the (negative) impacts of climate change in the region? The workshop was unique for this region because it brought together over 120 stakeholders from industry, government, academia, and environmental groups who had concerns about climate change.
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10_GOV_EDU.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 68 KB, about PDF)06_AGRICULTURE.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 418 KB, about PDF)
FINAL_COVER.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 1179 KB, about PDF)
TABLE_OF_CONTENTS.DPF (PDF, NA pp, 19 KB, about PDF)
07_NOBLE.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 497 KB, about PDF)
03_MACCRACKEN.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 759 KB, about PDF)
TITLE_PAGES.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 27 KB, about PDF)
06_MAGNUSON.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 483 KB, about PDF)
01SECTORS.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 17 KB, about PDF)
EXEC_SUMMARY.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 366 KB, about PDF)
07_INFRASTRUCTURE.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 82 KB, about PDF)
01_HART.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 1429 KB, about PDF)
03_WATER_RESOURCES.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 74 KB, about PDF)
02_CLIMATE.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 409 KB, about PDF)
04_WINSTANLEY.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 378 KB, about PDF)
APPENDIX_4.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 46 KB, about PDF)
05_LAND_ECOLOGY.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 83 KB, about PDF)
APPEND1_INVITED.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 310 KB, about PDF)
APPENDIX_2.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 40 KB, about PDF)
09_HUMAN_HEALTH.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 64 KB, about PDF)
FOREWORD.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 48 KB, about PDF)
08_ECONOMY.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 414 KB, about PDF)
05_DOERING.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 446 KB, about PDF)
04_WATER_ECOLOGY.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 412 KB, about PDF)
02_CORELL.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 345 KB, about PDF)