A New Paradigm: How climate change is shaping mental landscapes in the Great Lakes

In a weekly Good Grief Network session held on July 25, time and space were created for participants to reflect on their feelings of uncertainty in an unstable environment over Zoom. Trained facilitators kept time for each participant to speak while the other participants bore witness as listeners. The overarching rule was no cross-talk, which means not directly responding or referring to what a person shared.

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Great Lakes Now

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/08/a-new-paradigm-how-climate-change-is-shaping-mental-landscapes-in-the-great-lakes/

Mia Litzenberg

Cattle Production That Enhances Water and Environmental Quality

By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue

LAKE CITY, MI – Two facts about Michigan agriculture are scarcely recognized outside the fences and beyond the drainage ditches of the state’s 45,000 farms. The first: farming is among the most technologically sophisticated industrial sectors in Michigan and every other state.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/08/cattle-production-that-enhances-water-and-environmental-quality/

Circle of Blue

When the Heat Is On, Water Can Still Be Off in Great Lakes Cities

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue

When an early summer heat wave enveloped the Great Lakes region last month, Cleveland officials stepped in to offer relief.

They reminded residents of the availability of splash pads for outdoor water recreation. And they extended hours at air-conditioned recreation centers designated as public places to cool off.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/07/when-the-heat-is-on-water-can-still-be-off-in-great-lakes-cities/

Circle of Blue

Heat, pollution, and climate change anxiety are affecting children

By Lester Graham, Michigan Public

Although temperatures vary day-to-day, this summer is shaping up to be a hot one in Michigan. Doctors are warning parents to learn how to protect their kids, and how to talk to them about climate change.

It used to be that parents had to talk to their kids about things like ‘stranger danger,’ or ‘don’t take candy from a stranger,’ and ‘be sure to put on sunscreen.’ With climate change, parents are finding they have a lot more to teach their children.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/07/heat-pollution-and-climate-change-anxiety-are-affecting-children/

Michigan Public

Heat Islands in the Great Lakes: Community, infrastructure and fresh water solutions

This is the second half of a series on heat islands around the Great Lakes. Part one is on the human health cost. Part two is on the science behind combating the urban heat island effect, solutions to the complex problem, and the role the Great Lakes play.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/06/heat-islands-in-the-great-lakes-community-infrastructure-and-fresh-water-solutions/

Lisa John Rogers, Great Lakes Now

Heat Islands in the Great Lakes: The human health cost

This is part one of a two-part series on heat islands around the Great Lakes. Part one is on the human health cost. Part two is on the science behind urban heat islands, solutions to the complex problem, and the role the Great Lakes play.

In Cleveland, Ohio, it’s best to leave the city proper and head to the suburbs for a big outdoor celebration.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/06/heat-islands-in-the-great-lakes-the-human-health-cost/

Lisa John Rogers, Great Lakes Now

In warming Great Lakes region, water, heat can be an unhealthy combination

By Kelly House, Bridge Michigan and Lester Graham, Michigan Public

Bill Gurn isn’t sure how he got the mosquito bite that nearly killed him in the autumn of 2019.

He’s an avid fisherman. Maybe on the water? Or it could have happened while he was tinkering in his garage or yard.

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Great Lakes Now

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/05/in-warming-great-lakes-region-water-heat-can-be-an-unhealthy-combination/

Bridge Michigan and Michigan Public

Bald eagles nearly died out. What can we learn from their return to the southern Great Lakes?

By Emma McIntosh, The Narwhal

Growing up in a shiny Toronto-area suburb lined with concrete and puny trees, the only bald eagles Sheetal Rawal saw in the 1980s were in her imagination or on TV.

It wasn’t for lack of trying. Inspired by a particularly stirring episode of Alvin and the Chipmunks — the gang goes to Washington, D.C., to convince the president to stop a developer from bulldozing an eagle’s nest — she remembers gazing out of the car window on road trips, scanning treetops and skies for giant birds with bright white heads.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/05/bald-eagles-nearly-died-out-what-can-we-learn-from-their-return-to-the-southern-great-lakes/

The Narwhal