Great Lakes

Using historical temperature records from weather stations around the region, researchers improved their understanding of where ice might have formed and for how long it lasted — spanning the last 120 years.

Scientists in the Midwest are asking for help from the public this winter to measure ice thickness on the Great Lakes and other inland lakes in the region, which they plan to use to improve ice-forecasting models.

As Michigan looks ahead to the new year, state environmental officials are laying out priorities for protecting the water

A new report from Oil and Water Don't Mix and Clean Water Action claims the project, long promoted as a safer alternative than the existing dual pipes on the lake bed, could shift billions of dollars in financial risk onto the state

In the middle of Lake Superior, near the boundary between Canadian and US waters, sits the Superior Shoal, a mountain that’s completely underwater.

Proposed federal cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency could ripple across Michigan, threatening the state’s economy, public health, and Great Lakes protections

The pipeline, known as Line 5, has moved crude oil between Superior, Wisconsin, and Sarnia, Ontario, since 1953

After decades of scouring the bottom of Lake Michigan, searchers have finally found the wreckage of a “ghost ship” that sank during a ferocious storm almost 140 years ago off the Wisconsin coastline

Lauren Isbell and Alex Egan, National Park Service scientists by training, recently found themselves diving more than 20 feet deep in Lake Superior, scouring rocks and dock pilings for any sign of fugitive mussels

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, or EGLE, began accepting comments on the plan earlier this month. The public can submit feedback through August 29