First the bad news: sea lampreys exceeded abundance targets in 2024 in all five Great Lakes. Now the silver linings: the findings weren't a surprise, the reason is well understood and the coming ...

Above: Satellite view of the Great Lakes on a recent clear day (December 22, 2019), showing less than 2% overall ice cover, about normal for this point in the winter, mainly in Green Bay and ...

Several communities across the Great Lakes region are preparing to be blasted by feet of snow as winter weather moves in just as millions of people across the US ring in 2025. Numerous ...

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission reports a significant rise in sea lamprey populations across all five Great Lakes, following relaxed efforts since the COVID-19 pandemic. The invasive species ...

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MILWAUKEE — A cool December may be priming the Great Lakes for a starkly different ice season after scientists saw a record-low level of ice cover this year, according to a new forecast.

Editor's note: This article is published through the Great Salt Lake Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative that partners news, education and media organizations to help inform people ...

The North American Great Lakes have been heavily invaded by nonnative species: almost 200 nonnative species have been established in the Great Lakes basin, chiefly since the mid-twentieth century.

NASA's Earth Observatory has unveiled stunning satellite images of "cloud streets" forming over the Great Lakes, a phenomenon associated with lake-effect snow. Captured by the Visible Infrared ...

The myth persists and has even sparked a belief that other waterways are cursed. Since the 1990s, the Great Lakes have also been rumored to have their own mysterious triangle. The idea of a Great ...

The Union Pacific railroad causeway stretches 20 miles across the Great Salt Lake, splitting the lake in two, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. This is the second installment of a three-part series in ...

The U.S. National Ice Center released its 2024-2025 seasonal outlook this month, predicting slightly below to near normal ice conditions across the Great Lakes — a stark turnaround from last ...