A new interactive map reveals how climate change could cause water levels to rise in Michigan's lakes, leading to wider shorelines and submerged areas. The state's reliance on its vast waterways makes it particularly vulnerable to these changes, with neighborhoods and infrastructure at risk of being lost to the lakes.
A new interactive map shows how Michigan 's lakes may expand as climate change forces water levels to rise—widening the shorelines and submerging surrounding areas.More than 30 million people live alongside the Midwest's Great Lakes, which boast about 4,500 miles of coastline and stretch from the U.S. into Canada.
If that level were raised to an LWD level of 10 feet—the worst scenario possible on the interactive map—the effects would be catastrophic.On the western side of the state, rising water levels would flood into Muskegon Lake, which in turn would spill over and submerge an area as far inland as the North Channel Muskegon River.The effects would be even more dramatic on the state's eastern side if Lake Huron were to rise.
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