Rubble ridges, which have been built parallel to the shore, help retain some sand without fully stopping the natural flow in the lake.

Summer of 2020 was a stressful time for several reasons. Not only were we in the early stages of an uncertain pandemic, but record-high water levels brought con ...

Credit: Lake Michigan Biological Station/Cody Eskew While artificial reefs have been used around the world to bolster biodiversity, their use for erosion control is new.

Jera Slaughter stands outside her high-rise apartment building impacted by erosion from Lake Michigan on October 14, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois. Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP / Getty Images via Grist.

Water levels can have an impact on the severity of the erosion, but those levels fluctuate along the more than 3,000 miles of Lake Michigan coastline.

Concrete jetties were built along Manitowoc's shoreline in the 1930s and 1940s to combat erosion caused by high Lake Michigan water levels. The jetties were designed by Sydney M. Wood, ...

Erosion along Lake Michigan's shoreline has escalated, prompting action from state representatives. In Stevensville, Michigan, erosion led to parts of a house collapsing into the lake.

One thing, experts, say Water levels on Lake Michigan this year are much lower. Typically, erosion is not as crippling when water levels are lower. Stay Connected ...