Great Lakes Won't Cooperate With Climate Alarmists

"Faster than ever before.” That’s how one headline from the Weather Channel described current changes in Great Lakes water levels. But the article itself acknowledged that Lakes Huron and Michigan, which come together in the Straits of Mackinac and so are considered one lake by hydrologists, actually rose faster 65 years ago. So why did the headline writer call the current rise “faster than ever before?"  For more than a decade, those who claim man-made global warming is "settled science" exploited below-average Great Lakes water levels to promote their hypothesis. Although the period from 1999 to 2013 set fewer records than previous low-water spells, it was repeatedly portrayed by environmentalists and their media allies as clear evidence of climate change. This contention became untenable when water levels began increasing rapidly in the second half of 2013. Instead of accepting that their arguments were being washed away, those promoting man-made global warming latched on to the increase as evidence of an “extreme weather phenomenon” attributable to global warming. Never mind that 65 years ago this body of water displayed an even faster rise...more