Daily Grist: The Great Lakes are shrinking, and more

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At 12:42 PM 8/14/07, you wrote:

>Shrinky-Dinky Do

>Great Lakes, Arctic sea ice shrinking to record lows

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>It could be a summer of record lows in two of the world's iconic places:

>the Great Lakes and the Arctic seas. Water levels in Lakes Huron,

>Michigan, and Superior are well below normal, and Superior could soon hit

>a record low set in 1926. The U.S. and Canada have undertaken a five-year

>study that could shed sloooow light on the situation, which has been

>blamed on climate change, rainfall patterns, and human activities like

>dredging. " I think we found that all of those contributed to some degree, "

>said Robert Nairn, principal of an engineering firm that has studied the

>issue. " The big question that remains is how much is each contributing. "

>In the Arctic, measurements made last week by the U.S. National Snow and

>Ice Data Center found sea ice extent nearly 30 percent below the long-term

>average. With a month of melting season left, scientists say, a new record

>will likely be set. Says Mark Serreze of NSIDC, " We cannot explain

>everything that we have seen just through natural processes. "

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>straight to the source: The New York Times, Felicity Barringer, 14 Aug 2007

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>straight to the source: BBC News, Mark Kinver, 13 Aug 2007

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>straight to the source: U.S.-Canadian commission press release on the

>Great Lakes study

 

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