Can You Say "Climate Change"?

The Associated Press can't -- at least not in this article.

Onekama, Michigan:  The Two Lake Town

As Great Lakes water levels plummet, towns act to save harbors. (Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, 11/272012)

Excerpt: The Great Lakes, the world's biggest freshwater system, are shrinking because of drought and rising temperatures, a trend that accelerated with this year's almost snowless winter and scorching summer.

Water levels are near-record lows:

• Lake Michigan
• Lake Huron

Water levels below historical averages

• Lake Superior
• Lake Erie
• Lake Ontario

Economic impact

• Freighters forced to carry lighter loads
• Shallow marinas inaccessible to pleasure boats
• Weedy, exposed bottomlands at beaches