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Podcast: American Shoreline Podcast Network
Episode: Climate Change and the Lake They Call Gitche Gumee | North Coast Chronicles
Description: The fourth episode in the North Coast Chronicles: Tales from the Great Lakes series by host, Helen Brohl, investigates "Climate Change and the Lake They Call Gitche Gumee." The Chippewa referred to Lake Superior as Gitche Gumee (or gichi-gami in modern Ojibwa language) which means "big sea" or "huge water." The largest of the Great Lakes, Lake Superior is the largest lake in the world by surface area but is showing signs of impact from climate change. Dr. Jay Austin is a professor, department head, physical oceanographer and limnologist from the Large Lakes Observatory, University of Minnesota, Duluth who joi...