A new report that looks at the impact of climate change on the Great Lakes region finds that it’s getting warmer, faster. And that could have serious consequences. The report by the Environmental Law and Policy Center included work from more than a dozen leading scientists and experts from the Midwest and Canada. It was an update to a 2019 assessment.

Joining Minnesota Now host Nina Moini is the lead author of the report Don Wuebbles, who is also a professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.