Great Lakes

There’s been a lot of news about the amount of plastic debris in the oceans. But, plastic pollution is also affecting the Great Lakes. One study out of…

Right now, scientists are on a ship taking samples and measurements of the Great Lakes. They’re trying to determine how the lakes will fare this year and…

After a dry March, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are still two feet above average over the last hundred years.Water levels are projected to remain high…

The warm weather means it’s ice-breaking season on the upper Great Lakes.The Great Lakes peaked at 46% ice coverage this Winter.That’s typical and more…

Michigan’s recycling rate is currently the lowest in the Great Lakes region and one of the lowest in the nation.The state is increasing recycling spending…

The state has approved permits that would allow Enbridge Energy to dig the tunnel that would house a new Line 5 pipeline. The replacement would still be…

All five of the Great Lakes closed out 2020, lower than they were a year ago, but the upper lakes are projected to remain high in the new year. Since…

As the Great Lakes face stressors from climate change to habitat loss to invasive species a new report is trying to make sense of how those different…

The Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior during a storm 45 years ago today (Tues.).The 729 foot freighter sank northwest of Whitefish Point in the…