Could Michigan become a climate haven? [Video]

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – While researchers across the globe have been following warming trends for years, there’s been a constant question if Michigan will become the next ‘climate haven’ as it’s surrounded by one of the world’s largest sources of fresh water.

State Climatologist and Professor at Michigan State University Jeff Andresen has spent years studying the Earth’s climate and, like others in the industry, he said we’re seeing things get hotter by the year.

“Our climate is shifting, changing, and the upper Midwest, Great Lakes, Michigan are becoming warmer and wetter; have become warmer and wetter and that is projected for at least the next few decades for that trend to continue,” he said.

When things get warmer, he said, there’s always talk of the state potentially becoming a location that people will turn to for relief.

“Collectively, in some of these areas, the theory is that it may …