Scientists with the International Joint Commission want to see a coordinated effort to monitor microplastic pollution in the ...

Michigan advocate Laura Rubin reacts to the EPA’s five "pillars" plan that includes making the United States the "Artificial ...

After a paltry year of ice coverage in 2024, this winter's freezing temperatures are having an impact across the Great Lakes.

I hear things are just as bad up in Lake Erie.” When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many ...

We also have to remember we went into winter with very warm Great Lakes' waters compared to long-term normals. At one point in mid-November Lake Michigan still had nearly 60-degree surface water.

Image credit: NASA Worldview. The Great Lakes are an amazing natural resource that hold nearly 20% of the entire surface fresh water supply on the globe and a whopping 95% of the available fresh ...