A Well Known Fact: Lake Superior is immense and famously frigid.
A “Who Knew?” Fact: Lake Superior is one of the fastest warming lakes in the world.
Climate change has warmed the world’s largest lake (by surface area) by about five degrees Fahrenheit since the late 1990s. That means Superior’s 2,903 cubic miles of water—ten percent of the planet’s surface freshwater—is becoming more swimmable, as demonstrated by a team of world-class marathon swimmers who recently attempted a new distance record for the lake, without wetsuits. But how might this change impact the legacy, natural systems, and people of the greatest of the Great Lakes? What does it mean for the fate of the world’s other large lakes?
These questions, and the experience of the intrepid swimmers, are the focus of CGEE's upcoming public television documentary, A Sea Change for Lake Superior, which is part of a larger regional public education and stewardship initiative. Join us for a special preview presentation featuring stories and segments from the production and help us bring the project budget over the finish line, enabling us to maximize citizen action for keeping Superior clean, cold and clear.
The event is Tuesday, October 10, from 7:00-8:30 p.m. in the Kay Fredericks Room. You can .
