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Lake Superior Still Frozen
A long and brutal winter has left Lake Superior frozen on the surface well into spring. According to Detroit News, the surface water over the deepest sections of Lake Superior are at least 6 degrees colder than normal. This weather anomaly will delay the point at...
Lake Superior's frigid summer forecast: Coldest surface water since 1979?
Lake Superior Water Temperature Forecast
Anyone who lived in the Upper Peninsula this past winter, or anywhere in Michigan for that matter, will forever remember the brutal winter of 2013–2014 for its scarily low temperatures, icy drives, and all-around outdoor dreariness. Now that it’s finally warm again,...
Check out the Midwest National Climate Assessment
The Climate Observer, March 2014 edition (Midwestern Regional Climate Center)
U-M and Headwaters Economics Launch Interactive Map to Support Climate Change Adaptation Planning in Great Lakes Region
New Climate Resource: Freezing Rain in the Great Lakes
GLISA participated in a winter climate adaptation project focused on Chicago, IL. Freezing rain events were identified as a weather hazard that are important to city planners and decision makers. As part of the project, GLISA researched how freezing rain events are...
2013 Climate Assessment Grant Recipients
The Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments Center (GLISA) has awarded 4 one-year grants of up to $50,000 each to organizations that will work with GLISA to address the risks of climate change and variability in the Great Lakes basin. We sought organizations...
Findings of the Chicago Winter Adaptation Project
In 2012 GLISA awarded Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant with a one-year grant for their project to develop winter adaptation measures for the Chicago Climate Action Plan. They identified historical trends in winter precipitation and made projections for the future....
Reports Now Available from the Midwest Technical Input Team to the National Climate Assessment
At the request of the U.S. Global Change Research Program, the Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments Center (GLISA) and the National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment assembled a team of leading experts to review the current and potential...