Technical appendix for the report Confronting Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region: Impacts on Our Communities and Ecosystems

The document describes how climate change and human pressures will affect the Great Lakes Region, specifically highlighting risks to human health, the regional economy, and the cultural sense of place.

• Climate change is expected to negatively impact human health and well-being by increasing risks from air pollution, severe weather, extreme heat, and infectious diseases, with elderly, young, and poor populations being particularly vulnerable.
• The regional economy of the Great Lakes Region is vulnerable to climate change because it is based on the environment and the goods and services derived from it.
• Projected climate change may fundamentally alter the northern-temperate character of the region, potentially leading to the disappearance of boreal forests in Minnesota's Boundary Waters, the loss of frozen lakes for winter festivals in Wisconsin, and severe droughts threatening agriculture in Illinois.

APA

Union of Concerned Scientists (2014). Technical appendix for the report Confronting Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region: Impacts on Our Communities and Ecosystems. https://www.ucs.org/resources/great-lakes-report-technical-appendix-human-health-impacts

Chicago

Union of Concerned Scientists. Technical appendix for the report Confronting Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region: Impacts on Our Communities and Ecosystems. 2014. https://www.ucs.org/resources/great-lakes-report-technical-appendix-human-health-impacts.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{unionofconcernedscientists2014technical, author = {{Union of Concerned Scientists}}, title = {{Technical appendix for the report Confronting Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region: Impacts on Our Communities and Ecosystems}}, institution = {Union of Concerned Scientists}, year = {2014}, month = jun, url = {https://www.ucs.org/resources/great-lakes-report-technical-appendix-human-health-impacts}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }