Altogether, the Great Lakes are seeing healthier ice coverage this year. Here's what to know about their current conditions.
As a senator, JD Vance supported funding for the restoration of the lakes. Advocates are hoping the vice president will as ...
After nearly a week of freezing temperatures ... Maximum ice coverage occurs from mid-February to the end of February for the lower Great Lakes. For Lake Superior, the maximum ice coverage ...
When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...
When the ice sheets eventually melted, the meltwater filled the basins with freshwater, and the Great Lakes as we know them today were formed. This happened around 20,000 years ago, after the ice ...