Scientists studying the Great Lakes have found unsettling amounts of microplastics. Research shows that the tiny fragments of ...

Great Lakes water levels can make the fastest move lower at this time of year because of the increased evaporation combined ...

A new study reveals the Great Lakes have entered a new climate era marked by more extreme heat waves and cold spells. Heat wave intensity tripled in Lake Superior, while cold spell intensity tripled ...

Tom Howarth is a Newsweek reporter based in Bristol, U.K. His focus is reporting on nature and science. He covers climate change, biodiversity, extreme weather, zoonotic diseases and more. Tom joined ...

The Great Lakes are more than scenic, they are vital to the U.S. and Canadian economies. Together, the ports, harbors and ...

Warm Great Lake waters can bring major lake effect snowfall once the seasons change and air temperatures drop. But as The ...

Discover the US state, which is called the Great Lake State. Discover the history of why Michigan is known as the Great Lake ...

More than 1 million people have been told to stay out of the water at one of the Great Lakes amid life-threatening conditions ...

According to officials with the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, the Glass City's port today handles more than 11 million ...