Inside science's 'forbidden experiment': Why scientists kill 9 million sea lampreys every year in the Great Lakes of America

Invasive sea lampreys, or vampire fish, pose a serious threat to the native fish communities of the Great Lakes. These ...

Most Americans support conservation – here’s how the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative got politicians from both parties on board too

In a time of political polarization, it’s easy to forget that the vast majority of Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs – ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Great Lakes Reached a Record Low for Ice Cover on New Year’s Day

Lake Michigan, pictured here in December 2022, had 0.1 percent ice cover on Jan. 1, 2024. Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP via Getty Images The Great Lakes kicked off 2024 with the lowest amount of ice cover ...
Phys.org

The Great Lakes are in an extreme new era, with implications for the region's weather, economy and ecology

Heat waves and cold spells are part of life on the Great Lakes. But new research from the University of Michigan shows that is true today in a fundamentally different way than it was even 30 years ago ...

Ribbon cutting held for Sherwood Forest Park in the Iowa Great Lakes

After years of planning and delays, a park in the Iowa Great Lakes held a ribbon-cutting on Monday to officially open.

A ‘forbidden experiment,’ two moonshots and the invasive species ravaging the Great Lakes

Nearly 70 years ago, a moonshot project contained the threat of sea lampreys. Could another moonshot save the Great Lakes ...
Great Lakes Now

Are Michigan and Huron actually one large Great Lake?

The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit PBS; Michigan Public, ...
Phys.org

Initiative to map the Great Lakes from coast to coast, surface to floor

We know less about the bottom of the Great Lakes than we do about the surface of Mars, according to Jennifer Boehme. The oceanographer is executive director of the Great Lakes Observing System, an Ann ...
mlive

Great Lakes water temperatures: Lakes Michigan, Huron soaring, Lake Superior still frigid

Here's a look at the water temperatures across the Great Lakes now. The hot weather last week has pretty well taken care of ...
NPR

Great Lakes ice coverage declines as the climate warms

The last bits of winter snow and ice in the Great Lakes melted in late May, according to a NOAA-GLSEA (Great Lakes Surface Environmental Analysis) tracker that uses satellite data to produce real-time ...