Newspapers, Experts Agree: Climate Causes Plummeting, Record High Water Levels – Michigan Capitol Confidential"Michigan Radio reported recently that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration is proposing $70 million in grants for projects “to combat the effects of climate change connected to high water levels.”
...But 32 years ago, a changing climate was projected to bring a different problem to the Great Lakes – water levels that were too low.
Back then it was called global warming.
A review of news articles and editorials from 1988 shows that many reporters and editors blamed global warming for Great Lakes water levels becoming so low they would wreak havoc on the economy, environment and society.
In a June 30, 1988, editorial, the Detroit Free Press wrote, “Moreover, scientists claim that the lakes already face major depletion in future years because of evaporation caused by global warming and the demands of utility plants for huge amounts of water to generate hydroelectric power.”..."
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