| Title: | Climate Change in the Champlain Basin |
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| Author: | Curt Stager, Mary Thill |
| Publication Year: | 2010 |
| Number of Pages in Article: | 44 |
| Journal/Publication: | Other |
| Publication Type: | Technical and Demonstration |
| Citation: | Stager, J.C., M. Thill, (2010.) Climate Change in the Champlain Basin. The Nature Conservancy.
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| Abstract: | The Champlain Basin has a long and varied environmental history that includes the slow climatic oscillations of Ice Ages, the comings and goings of countless species, and a period roughly 10,000 years ago when the valley was an arm of the Atlantic Ocean. Today, the region is entering a new phase of its history in which humans play a major role in determining what lives here and even what the local weather is like. Significant climatic changes, which most scientists agree are now driven primarily by human-generated greenhouse gases, are already under way in the Champlain Basin. |