The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay is helping clean up plastic on the beaches and in the bay. They have two robots, Beach robot Bebot and Water robot Pixie Drone.

The Great Lakes piping plover recovery effort has been ongoing since the mid-1980s when the population got as low as a dozen ...

More than 20 million pounds of plastic waste accumulates in the Great Lakes every year. While crusty water bottles, fraying ...

Aboard the University of Vermont ship Marcelle Melosira, researchers from six organizations have formed a coalition with one goal -- protecting our waterways.

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The Times of India reported that the 300-mile river was once worshipped by Indians several centuries ago, when the water was ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Shedd Aquarium is working to keep Chicago beaches and waterways free of garbage and trash. They are ...

Yet, in action, the conservation of the Great Lakes and their abundant natural resources has been ultimately unsuccessful, ...

Toxic emissions from plants in Sarnia have harmed Aamjiwnaang First Nation for decades. Documents obtained by The Narwhal ...

A barge that twice sank in Lake Michigan and sparked environmental concerns has now been moved to a legally authorized site, according to an announcement from Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.

Don’t be alarmed if you see a Zamboni-like rover roaming Ontario's shores this summer – it’s a beach cleaning robot being tested in some provincial parks.