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Great Lakes storms may be dangerous to people and shipping, but they replenish lakeshore sand and rearrange sand formations. They set back ecological succession and maintain open sands that are […]

A research ship typically used for ocean science has set off on an unusual 2,531 nautical-mile voyage into the Great Lakes to help scientists hunt for some of the universe’s […]

Long before Michigan had towns, roads or county lines, Indigenous peoples had established complex societies throughout the Great Lakes region.  Read the full story by The Sun Times News.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s research vessel Neil Armstrong is making its first-ever Great Lakes voyage to Lake Superior, where it will deploy underwater detector arrays to help scientists study […]

Torch Lake in Antrim County, Michigan, is part of the Elk River Chain of Lakes Watershed, which ultimately drains into Lake Michigan. A cleanup led by the U.S. EPA, Michigan […]

Michigan’s growing data center industry is facing scrutiny over electricity costs, utility contracts, and local opposition. The debate has important implications for Great Lakes water resources because large facilities can […]

The environmental consequences of a data center project in the freshwater Great Lakes, which tens of millions of people depend on for drinking water every day, could be significant. Though […]

The unmanned sail drones that patrolled the Great Lakes between April and November will return in 2027, the U.S. Coast Guard announced. Read the full story by Buffalo Toronto Public […]

Port Milwaukee is celebrating a record-breaking cruise ship season, welcoming nearly 20,000 passengers to the city in 2026 as Milwaukee, Wisconsin, continues to grow as a destination for Great Lakes […]