Climate Change: Midwest Impact

US Global Change Research Program Predicts Devestating Impacts for Midwest Human Health, Agriculture, and Great Lakes Shipping

According to a recently released report by 13 federal science agencies, if climate change continues at the current pace without dramatic cuts in global warming pollution, Illinois faces a future marked by more extreme heat waves, extreme flooding, lower levels in Lake Michigan adversely impacting shipping, and reduced agricultural yields.

To read a summary of the reports conclusions regarding the Midwest impact of Climate Change click the following link: http://img.ilenviro.org/files/Midwest--Summary_of_U.S._Climate_Impacts_Report.pdf

For more information visit Illinois Climate Action Network Partner, Environment Illinois' website at www.environmentillinois.org