This book was much more interesting than I anticipated. I live on Lake Erie, so when I saw the book at the library I picked it up.
The Great Lakes are This book was much more interesting than I anticipated. I live on Lake Erie, so when I saw the book at the library I picked it up.
The Great Lakes are not really lakes, they are inland fresh water seas. If you’ve ever stood on the shore of one, you know what I’m talking about. They are beautiful (yes, even Lake Erie is...now, thanks to the clean water act.) I recently saw Lake Michigan, where it just about meets up with Lake Superior and I was absolutely stunned by the beauty.
The fresh water on the surface of the planet is limited... in fact, if you were to put all the fresh water on the planet in gallon jugs, one of every five would be from the Great Lakes.
Because of climate change the future of the Great Lakes (our drinking water....water is life) are in danger. They have faced, and are facing, threats. But because the lakes are warming (and they are more sensitive to warming than an ocean is) they are evaporating faster than the water can be replaced.
This is bad.
I remember when the lake would freeze over entirely every winter. There would be ice fishing (which seems not fun), but that sort of thing hasn’t happened..... at least since a few years ago when we had the super awful arctic blast winter, but that winter was an outlier.
I hate winter, but I do love the lakes, and I like having water to drink. But because of the awful people now in control of things, like the clean water act (something Yammy wants to defund and remove....asshole) it’s not bloody likely the lakes will survive.
Stephanie *Eff your feelings*
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