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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A freighter was on its way to Canada on Sunday after it was freed from ice that trapped it in a frozen Lake Erie for days, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Manitoulin, a 663 ...

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 ...

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