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According to officials with the Lake Carriers Association, the year-end total for the iron ore trade decreased by 12.8 percent to 43.4 million tons. Read the full story by KQDS-TV […]
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By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva
A new study documents a fivefold increase in shoreline armoring along Lake Michigan’s Eastern coast.
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Lake Erie’s Mouse Island once belonged to President Rutherford B. Hayes. Following several decades of private ownership, it’s in search of a new owner. Read the full story by WTOL […]
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Another Sunday, another winter weather warning. Late Sunday morning, Environment Canada officials issued a snow squall warning for London, Parkhill and eastern Middlesex County that was expected to last until the afternoon. The culprit – again, as it almost always seems to be – is lake-effect snow off of Lake
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Large sheets and chunks of ice moved down the Niagara River along Fort Erie’s waterfront this week after work on the Lake Erie-Niagara River ice boom was delayed by severe […]
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There are massive ships stuck in the St. Lawrence Seaway. Ice is building up around the locks between Lake Ontario and Montreal, making it difficult to impossible for ships to […]
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New research and state analysis are reframing Michigan’s groundwater as one interconnected system, large enough to rival a Great Lake. Read the full story by The Sun Times News.
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The Great Lakes are roughly “on schedule” for their ice season and researchers have begun to track lake ice percentages daily. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.
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With so much ice and wind in the Great Lakes region, most people would think twice before heading outside for very long. But for others, the conditions are perfect. Read […]
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A bomb cyclone winter storm brought wind gusts over 50 mph to much of Michigan and those winds pushed water out of western Lake Erie in a massive way exposing […]
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Gale force winds producing waves not seen since the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975 are hitting the Great Lakes. Giant waves in some parts of Lake Superior were […]