Living on the Great Lakes: A dream threatened by climate change

A shoreline that was once a dog beach is now gone and closed because of erosion on Lake Michigan in Evanston, Illinois. Photos: Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP

On a fall night in 2019, Eric Brandt was awoken by the sound of steel rods cracking inside concrete.

"I heard the pings. I know the sound because I used to drill rebar into the top of coal mines," Brandt explained. "I couldn't even imagine what was happening out there."