Cooperative Institute for
Meteorological Satellite Studies CIMSS

Changing Weather and Climate in the Great Lakes Region
New Activities!

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• Great Lakes Climate WebApp

  CIMSS has developed a powerful new WebApp to explore trends in average annual temperatures for several cities across the Great Lakes Region. You can view the average annual temperature for different decades, compare between decades, or click on a specific site for a pop-up graph and interactive slider.       

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• Winter Interactive: Snowfall and Community Safety

     
  Explore the complexities when communities incorporate climate data into budget considerations around future snow removal and community safety.  

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• Spring Interactive: Great Lakes Climate Data

     
  Learn how to access climate data for communities within the Great Lakes Region and locations in the United States that have a land-based observation site.  

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• Summer Interactive: Personal and Planetary Health

     
  See how two friends explore connections between personal diet and planetary health before committing to lightening their carbon footprint.    

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• Autumn Interactive: The Secret Lives of Knives, Spoons & Forks

  Learn more about the carbon footprint of the utensils we use.

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• Overview Video: Changing Weather & Climate in the Great Lakes Region

  This 9-minute video features CIMSS Director Steve Ackerman, NOAA data, and findings from the 2014 National Climate Assessment (NCA) and the 2013 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

 

These activities were developed for Changing Weather and Climate in the Great Lakes Region
a Targeted Open On-line Course (targeted MOOC, or TOOC) launched in February 2015.