As the world's largest freshwater watershed faces increasing pressure from extreme weather, population growth, and industrial demand, AquaAction has officially opened registration for the AquaHacking ...

The 2025 Great Lakes Crop Summit brought together a lot of smart people to talk about farming. We covered new ways to grow ...

In May 1953, a Great Lakes freighter set out on what should have been a normal trip, but winds and waves from a sudden gale tore its hatch covers open and flooded the hold, leaving the vessel at the ...

To prevent further spread of potentially catastrophic invasive species in the Great Lakes, the Canadian government is moving forward with tighter restrictions on all freighters. But standards ...

The Sam Laud and a commercial tugboat were freed Thursday after becoming stuck in thick ice on Lake Erie during a difficult ...

As climate change alters ice cover, researchers are asking for data from locals who are already "in tune with the ice." ...

LANSING— Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday released Michigan’s first-ever Michigan Maritime Strategy, a 10-year plan intended ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Arctic air has wide ranging impacts on the environment, and as the winter season progresses, the Great Lakes undergo one of their most noticeable transformations. As temperatures ...

As of January 26, total ice coverage on the Great Lakes is about 43.2%. Lake Erie, the shallowest, has over 90% ice coverage. Most of the lakeshore of Lake Huron is at least 90% ice-covered, with fast ...

Indiana legislators are preparing to introduce a new bill that would expand the size of a federal wilderness area and better protect a crucial source of drinking water. ● The village board of Mt.

Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the Michigan Maritime Strategy, a first-of-its-kind, 10-year-plan designed to unlock economic growth and create good-paying jobs across Michigan’s ...