Plummeting Great Lakes water levels to be below average for boating season, Corps predicts
Water levels of the upper Great Lakes are expected to drop to near or significantly below their historical summer averages ...
Scientists call on U.S., Canada to confront 'ubiquitous' Great Lakes microplastics pollution
The small plastic particles are "ubiquitous" in Great Lakes water, sediment, plants, fish and beaches, an international panel ...
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The Great Lakes have long faced pollution threats. The latest might be the most insidious.
Zebra and quagga mussels, originally found in Eastern Europe and Russia, arrived in the Great Lakes in the late 80s via ballast discharge from transoceanic ships. The Rochester embayment was ...
The Great Lakes Froze in a Way Scientists Didn’t Expect
A January 2025 cold wave plunged Chicago into subzero temperatures, initially without snow. By late January, snowfall ...
Current ice cover across the Great Lakes, how this is affecting lake effect snow
Lake effect snow is dependent on the Great Lakes water temperature and how much of the lake is frozen. But what does the current ice concentration look like and ...