Midwest Climate Change

The Midwest is home to 61 million people that reside in cities like, Chicago, Indiana,

Detroit, Milwaukee, Kansas city, Cleveland, Minneapolis, and St. Paul. The temperature expectations are predicted to continue with high increases in the average temperature.

Precipitation expectations are heavy downpours during the winter and spring months while summer will become drier. In the midwest, the human impacts on health are climate change, it will affect the human health in different ways. Heat waves will start to occur more frequently causing deaths across the region during this time. Heat stress is likely to increase in the future like humidity. Air quality is already bad in some parts of the Midwest and it is predicted to get worse with rising

They provide fresh drinking water for more than 40 million people. Warm waters support the growth of blue green water and that helps reduce water quality. When the water temperatures rise, the winter ice start to melt, and that leave beaches more open for waves to increase. By that happening, it can damage fishes habitat and property. But with less ice, it can help ships travel longer during the winter sessions. Climate change is expected to have many impacts on agriculture, forest, and ecosystems. The midwest agriculture makes up ⅔ of land area and produce about 65% of nations corn and soybeans. In some climate-change agricultures, there can be a long-term and a short-term benefits; like in long-term, climate change is likely to impact crop and agricultural production by detrimental effects. In warmer temperatures, livestock animals are likely to cause declines in meat, egg, and milk production. Ecosystems in the midwest are being combined to the effects of climate change, and land usage. Forests are being threatened and that is causing wildfires, droughts, and insect outbreaks. Many trees are expected to shift to the north. Great lakes and small lakes are already having increased temperatures, and it is likely to affect the species of the