Instead of microbeads, she zeroed in on microfibers ... keep pumping more and more" microplastics into the Great Lakes. "The problem with plastic pollution is much more significant and of greater ...

Volunteers working with the Alliance for the Great Lakes pluck Styrofoam cups from the sand and catch grocery bags bouncing down the beach like tumbleweeds. Most of the trash they pick up is plastic.

Heat waves and cold spells are part of life on the Great Lakes. But new research from the University of Michigan shows that ...

The Great Lakes have been victimized by invasive populations of mussels for years. The zebra and quagga mussels are a danger ...

Great Lakes mussels are giving scientists a clearer picture of where the chemicals are concentrated, according to a recent ...

The first-of-its-kind project is happening in Lake Michigan near Milwaukee, and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and ...

Great Lakes water levels are currently below average compared to 2024, though the lakes overall saw a rise from spring melt. Lakes Michigan-Huron are 8 inches lower than last year, the largest ...

Livelihoods and economies in the Great Lakes region always centered on water. From the manoomin, or wild rice, grown and revered by the Ojibwe people to the whitefish catch in Lake Michigan, to the ...

President Trump signed a memorandum to expedite measures preventing invasive Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes. The memorandum urges Illinois to cooperate with the Brandon Road Lock and Dam ...

Peak swimming temperatures in the Great Lakes typically occur in late summer/early fall. Swimming in cold lake water can lead to cold shock and hypothermia. The official start of summer is June 20 ...