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The Great Lakes are in an extreme new era, with implications for the region's weather, economy and ecology
Heat waves and cold spells are part of life on the Great Lakes. But new research from the University of Michigan shows that ...
Hundreds of scientists gather in Milwaukee to confront Great Lakes resilience challenges
Amid drastic cuts to science programs, grants and funding, Great Lakes scientists are converging in Milwaukee this week to ...
What Lives at the Bottom of the Great Lakes?
The Great Lakes have been victimized by invasive populations of mussels for years. The zebra and quagga mussels are a danger ...
Invasive mussels drastically altered the Great Lakes. Now, scientists are fighting back.
The first-of-its-kind project is happening in Lake Michigan near Milwaukee, and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and ...
Landmark study finds Great Lakes have entered a new era with climate change, extreme events
Risks are escalating for ecosystems, fisheries water quality and coastal infrastructure, like power plants and drinking water ...
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Federal agency finds Great Lakes tunnel project poses ‘detrimental’ effects to water, wetlands
The Army Corps says Line 5 project would pose short-term effects to surface water, as well as permanent wetland loss.
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Trump administration review backs controversial oil pipeline tunnel under Great Lakes’ Straits of Mackinac
More energy news with a Michigan coal plant ordered to stay open and Ohio’s new energy law bringing big changes.
It's the only Great Lake that doesn't border Michigan. What to know about Lake Ontario
The lake straddles an international border, touching the U.S. and Canada, and features a popular tourist attraction, Niagara ...
National Museum of the Great Lakes to hold grand opening of facility expansion
The National Museum of the Great Lakes (NMGL) will hold a ribbon cutting for the grand opening of its expansion later this ...
Pocket watch from Great Lakes’ deadliest shipwreck returned to family
But while the Lady Elgin ’s deteriorating wreckage remains interred across a mile of Lake Michigan lakebed, one remarkably ...
Summer weather arrived this week. Is it warm enough to swim in the Great Lakes?
Lake Huron reaches an average of 69.1 degrees Fahrenheit in August. Temperatures climb in the spring and summer months, reaching peak temperatures in the late summer and early fall, according to GLISA ...
Army Corps analysis finds Great Lakes pipeline tunnel would have sweeping environmental impacts
The tunnel could destroy wetlands and harm bat habitats but would eliminate the chances of a boat anchor rupturing the line ...