Article: SCIENTISTS: WARMING WILL LOWER LAKE ERIE WATER LEVELS.(News)

Byline: Associated Press

Global warming will lower water levels in Lake Erie, just one of the drastic consequences facing the planet if steps aren't taken to reduce rising temperatures, scientists say.

Ohio's climate eventually will become more like Tennessee's, said Donald Wuebbles, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana.

But Ohio also is in position to improve the situation. Ohio could help its environment -- along with its economy -- by promoting industries using alternative energy technology, scientists and environmental advocates say.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a United ...

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