A tropical lake in Central Africa might not seem like the first place you would look to gain insights into North America’s Great Lakes. But that’s just what researchers from Bowling Green State ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predicts Great Lakes water levels will rise seasonally beginning in late March and April. All Great Lakes are currently below their 2023-2024 levels due to winter ...

Ramaswamy, who launched his campaign for Ohio governor last month, suggested one of the Great Lakes should be renamed Lake Ohio. If this absolutely had to happen, we wanted to know which of the ...

The Great Lakes reached their highest ice coverage in three years on Feb. 22, hitting 52.23%. Warming temperatures have caused that percentage to shrink to nearly zero. With continuing above ...

This is not the first time in recent history that jokes were made about renaming one of the Great Lakes. In February, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker made a comment about renaming Lake Michigan to Lake ...

The 2024-2025 Great Lakes ice season has seen near-normal ice cover, a change from recent years with record lows. Ice cover peaked in February at just over 50% due to a polar vortex. Climate ...

Mather made its last voyage. Now it is permanently anchored behind the Great Lakes Science Center where it shares its industrial history with visitors. Launched 100 years ago, on May 23 ...

Utah’s Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere. It is a remnant of Lake Bonneville, which dried up 14,000 years ago due to extreme drought. It contributes $1.9 billion ...

Note This story has been amended to better reflect the results of the study. The Great Lakes are some of North America’s most beautiful and prized bodies of water, but plastic pollution is ...

The Great Lakes reached their highest ice coverage in three years on Feb. 22, hitting 52.23%. A warming trend has caused ice coverage to plummet. Ice on the Great Lakes is steadily retreating ...

The Great Lakes reached their highest ice coverage in three years on Feb. 22, hitting 52.23%. A warming trend has caused ice coverage to plummet. Ice on the Great Lakes is steadily retreating under ...