There are about 42 fewer days of wintry weather in the Great Lakes than in 1995, according to a study published in the ...

Madison, Wisconsin, upwind of the Great Lakes, gets on average around 15 days each winter when the temperature drops below 0°F. In Buffalo, NY, immediately downwind of the Great Lakes ...

The ice coverage in Lake Erie has rapidly expanded to 80% this week. February and March are peak maximum ice coverage periods ...

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 ...

It's a common conversation among longtime Western New York residents ... indicates that winters are getting shorter in the Great Lakes. Scientists did not arrive at this conclusion by measuring ...

After nearly a week of freezing temperatures — below zero on several days — the Great Lakes are seeing significant ... became stuck near Buffalo, New York, and U.S. Coast Guard icebreakers ...

After nearly a week of freezing temperatures — below zero on several days — the Great Lakes are seeing significant ice creation ... Canadian freighter Manitoulin became stuck near Buffalo, New York, ...