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Rethinking green: there are legitimate environmental problems. These problems do not measure up to the end-of-the-world scary scenarios we hear so much about with global warming, but they are real, immediate problems that need attention.(ENVIRONMENT)(Cover story)
They don't get public attention like the Grand Canyon. Unlike Yosemite, their vistas are not depicted in the ethereal black and white of photographs by Ansel Adams. Unlike Yellowstone, they aren't in a vast national park. Despite this, they dominate the geography of America like no other geological formation save the Rocky Mountains. This much-overlooked natural wonder is the Great Lakes. Taken together, Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario comprise an immense and varied ecosystem and contain the largest quantity of fresh water anywhere in the world.
Their size alone is awe-inspiring. Lake Superior is larger in area than the state of South Carolina. ...
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...pumps to temporarily control water levels this winter at Lake Calavera. Downstream residents...mechanisms that regulate the lake's water levels. The valves, which control...said she wants to know what lake water levels will trigger pump activity...
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- Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) July 18, 2009 700+ words
...Associated Press Great Lakes water levels are rebounding...three biggest lakes -- Superior...June. So did Lake Ontario, although...outlet to the big lake, the water is...faded. The high water levels also are helping...that use the lakes. Low water during...
Source: HighBeam Research, Rethinking green: there are legitimate environmental problems. These...