U.S. Congressman Dave Joyce, R-Russell Township, along with several regional lawmakers, has recently reintroduced the Beaches ...

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 ...

A West Virginia University researcher is working to understand and estimate environmental cleanup costs associated with ...

The birds were assessed at known water-contaminated locations including the Saginaw Bay and River area of western Lake Huron; the River Raisin on western Lake Erie, and Grand Traverse Bay in ...

The small plastic particles are "ubiquitous" in Great Lakes water, sediment, plants, fish and beaches, an international panel ...

A biologist specializing in the preservation of Lake Erie gave students from Lima schools a crash course Tuesday on the history of pollution and conservation efforts at Lake Erie and the Cuyahoga ...

All of which, due to erosion, may turn into microplastics, the bane of the particle pollution world. Pretty much impossible to filter out of Lake Erie, microplastics can increase levels of certain ...

Biologist Chris Winslow visited The Ohio State University-Lima campus Tuesday to speak to students from Lima Senior and South Science about farming’s impact on Lake Erie. LIMA — A biologist ...

Gulls and terns studied in known polluted shoreline areas had a host of worse health and reproductive outcomes than those in nonpolluted areas.

New research from Africa's Lake Victoria has revealed critical clues about toxic algal blooms and their potential impact on Lake Erie and beyond.

The sea lamprey, native to the Atlantic Ocean, invaded the Great Lakes generations ago and killed off much of the lake trout population.

Legal action continues in efforts at cleaning up a portion of Ohio's waterways. The Ohio EPA has been added as a defendant, ...