Why Diverting Water From the Great Lakes Region is a Bad Idea

Water is the foundation of life on Earth. As the population of the world increases, more support is needed and these people will need water to keep daily life. However, shortages and poor management lead to destruction of natural habitats and human suffering. The desertification of land in China is increasing, and green lush land is desert. However, this is mainly due to human activities and global warming (Wang, Yang, Dong, and Zhang, 2009).

The Great Lake Water Level - In February 2018, Great Lake and its connected waterways and their watersheds formed the largest lake system on the planet. Due to various factors, the lake's monthly average, seasonal and annual average surface water level rise. These fluctuations may have a positive and negative impact on water-dependent industries such as shipping, fishing, tourism and coastal infrastructure. NOAA The Great Lakes Environment Laboratory (GLERL) analyzes the water level of the Great Lakes and analyzes the water circulation elements of the Great Lakes to improve the models used in institutions and industries for water management plans (runoff, lake precipitation, lake Evaporation) was analyzed.

How to predict the water level of the Great Lakes? The monthly average water level prediction of the Great Lakes is based on a computer simulation model that includes several models of NOAA GLERL and data from past water levels and water levels over the past 100 years. The official six month forecast is created monthly through a bilateral partnership between the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Environment, and the Canadian Climate Change Authority. NOAA GLERL's research on the water balance of the Great Lakes played an important role in improving these predictions. The most important variables are excessive lake precipitation, lake evaporation, and runoff. NOAA GLERL conducts state-of-the-art research through modeling and observation to better quantify the evaporation of the lake - the most uncertain aspect of predicting the water level of the lake. The sum of these variables ("basin" feedwater) is made through a waterway connecting the lake and it to generate stochastic water level predictions.

As the area warms, the temperature of lakes, streams and rivers rises, more water evaporates. The water level of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Rivers may fall by 1 meter in 30 years, reducing the amount of water flowing through the system and recycling oxygen to biological production areas. These changes will benefit some aquatic species and will bring disasters to other species. Cold water fish such as salmon and trout may suffer large loss from habitat and resources. Species such as spotted turtles and roses of swampy rose family plants can be seen with their habitat dry, and waterfowl nesting sites more utilized for carnivores in the Great Lakes wetland It becomes easy.