The U.S. Department of Government Efficiency cut hundreds of employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

The Great Lakes Compact, along with other binational agreements that protect the lakes, are at risk as Trump expands pressure ...

The Canadian Coast Guard's seasonal search and rescue stations across the Great Lakes will open on the following dates ...

With the warm weather these past few days the ice on the Great Lakes is quickly receding. Here's a look at how the ice cover ...

“Microplastics are reported to be present in sources of drinking water and in fish collected from the Great Lakes and their ...

The Great Lakes saw more than 50% ice coverage in February. As temperatures warm up, that percentage is falling quickly.

Marie, Michigan, and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Disaster on the Great Lakes isn’t limited to Whitefish Bay. One of the worst wrecks in all the Great Lakes happened in Lake Michigan in 1860.

Around 200 ships have sunk in Whitefish Bay, the same place where the Western Reserve broke apart. The most notable in the ...

Lake Ontario has the lowest ratio of surface area exposed to the cold air vs. its volume, so that in any given winter it typically develops less ice cover percentage-wise than any other Great Lake ...

The Great Lakes reached their highest ice coverage ... Lake Michigan: 279 feet in average depth, reaching 925 feet at maximum. Lake Ontario: 283 feet in average depth, maximum depth at 802 feet.