Climate change is huge for all of us, and none of us in this room could likely say that they haven't seen the impact of climate change, such as more moderate winters, although I can't say that about right now. We've had a pretty impressive winter, and just two weeks ago 90% of the surface of the Great Lakes was covered by ice. That is the first time that has happened since 1994, but if I'd been here in any year in between, I would have been bemoaning the fact that there was not enough ice cover and that the evaporation was so phenomenal that it was taking away huge amounts of water and causing great impact on the Great Lakes.
How to stop climate change is something that scientists have been arguing for a long time, and of course, there are hundreds of arguments out there on how to stop climate change. I'm not sure I can add much to that equation, but very obviously, if climate change can somehow or another be slowed or reversed, then that would have a huge impact on the Great Lakes and a great impact on all of us. Stretching from the point where Lake Superior is at one end all the way to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, it has huge impact on the water, both in terms of quantity and in terms of what flows from that.
When there is a lower quantity of water caused by climate change, that presents a problem. That makes trouble for shipping. That makes trouble for fishing. It makes trouble for the quality of the water, so anything that can stop, discourage, or reverse climate change is important. It may be a pretty tough order to accomplish. It's going to take the entire world being part of that.