Staffing at NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory was already reduced by more than one-third in 2025.

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 ...

Michigan has the highest percentage of water area among U.S. states, at 41.5%. Alaska has the largest total water area, while ...

The ice season for the Great Lakes typically ends in early March and spring has officially arrived, with March 20 the spring equinox. With the ice retreating, Michigan's Soo Locks are opening ...

The budget outline was provided ... the University of Michigan and Michigan State University that since 1969 has facilitated science-based solutions to Great Lakes and coastal ecosystem problems ...