Tribal community and regional perspectives on climate change and water resources in the Great Lakes region

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Kozich
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Great Lakes ◽  
Great Lakes Region ◽  
Tribal Community

scholarly journals Assessment of impact of climate change on water resources: a long term analysis of the Great Lakes of North America

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 239-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. McBean ◽  
H. Motiee
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
North America ◽  
Great Lakes ◽  
Great Lakes Basin ◽  
Historical Trends ◽  
Global Circulation Models ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. In the threshold of the appearance of global warming from theory to reality, extensive research has focused on predicting the impact of potential climate change on water resources using results from Global Circulation Models (GCMs). This research carries this further by statistical analyses of long term meteorological and hydrological data. Seventy years of historical trends in precipitation, temperature, and streamflows in the Great Lakes of North America are developed using long term regression analyses and Mann-Kendall statistics. The results generated by the two statistical procedures are in agreement and demonstrate that many of these variables are experiencing statistically significant increases over a seven-decade period. The trend lines of streamflows in the three rivers of St. Clair, Niagara and St. Lawrence, and precipitation levels over four of the five Great Lakes, show statistically significant increases in flows and precipitation. Further, precipitation rates as predicted using fitted regression lines are compared with scenarios from GCMs and demonstrate similar forecast predictions for Lake Superior. Trend projections from historical data are higher than GCM predictions for Lakes Michigan/Huron. Significant variability in predictions, as developed from alternative GCMs, is noted. Given the general agreement as derived from very different procedures, predictions extrapolated from historical trends and from GCMs, there is evidence that hydrologic changes particularly for the precipitation in the Great Lakes Basin may be demonstrating influences arising from global warming and climate change.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE RISE OF POLITICAL COMPLEXITY IN WESTERN UGANDA

2000 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER ROBERTSHAW ◽  
DAVID TAYLOR
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Great Lakes ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
The Other ◽  
Great Lakes Region ◽  
Political Complexity ◽  
The One ◽  
Western Uganda

The histories of pre-colonial states in the Great Lakes region of Central Africa have engaged scholars for more than a century. First encountered by Europeans in the 1860s during the search for the source of the Nile, these states and their rulers inspired both admiration and frustration in their visitors. On the one hand, explorers were impressed by the power of the rulers and the complexities of their bureaucracies, but on the other, they were annoyed by the apparent vacillation of the monarchs in responding to their demands. From the historian's perspective, these initial encounters soon led to questions about the origins and longevity of these states. Stories of origins were encapsulated in myths and legends that missionaries began to record around the turn of the twentieth century, while efforts to elicit lists of kings who had ruled each state introduced African leaders to European-style historiography.

Climate Change and Waterborne Disease Risk in the Great Lakes Region of the U.S.

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 451-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan A. Patz ◽  
Stephen J. Vavrus ◽  
Christopher K. Uejio ◽  
Sandra L. McLellan
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Great Lakes ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Great Lakes Region ◽  
Waterborne Disease ◽  
The U.S
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