Since 1973, ice coverage has fallen by 77% on Lake Michigan and 71% on the Great Lakes as a whole. That has a far-reaching ...

The Great Lakes region is a major recipient of federal funding to protect and clean up the basin as well as protect its rich ...

A new documentary released to streaming services on January 31st, 'THE FISH THIEF: A Great Lakes Mystery' tells the story of ...

When Michigan's many lakes and rivers form ice, it can be hard to stay away. Some ice isn't worth stepping onto, experts say.

A January 2025 cold wave plunged Chicago into subzero temperatures, initially without snow. By late January, snowfall ...

With winter in full swing, the U.S.-flagged fleet of Lakers have tied up in ports across the Great Lakes region to perform ...

The ice coverage in Lake Erie has rapidly expanded to 80% this week. February and March are peak maximum ice coverage periods ...

The Great Lakes are losing about 14 winter days every decade, according to a recent study published in the Environmental ...

The next few weeks look quite a bit milder than last week, but still near normal on temperatures. The Great Lakes ice cover ...

Lake effect snow is dependent on the Great Lakes water temperature and how much of the lake is frozen. But what does the ...

The dip of Arctic air into the Midwest expanded ice coverage across all 5 Great Lakes, some seeing greater increases than ...

While the decline has been widely attributed to low stream flows into the lake, the real story is more nuanced, a study ...