Michigan, Ohio and Ontario failed to reduce the total phosphorus entering Lake Erie in 10 years. State officials and environmentalists are butting heads on where to go from here.

A new study shows the Great Lakes are vulnerable to more extreme temperature highs and lows over the decades due to climate change.

A powerful account of Ojibwe leaders Chief Blackstone and his son Bakindeghiizhik. A family legacy of challenging narratives and defending Anishinaabe rights.

Microplastics are an urgent issue in the Great Lakes. Learn what’s causing them, how it affects health and what you can do.

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In this episode of Great Lakes Now, “Oil Spills and Buried Rivers,” learn about how researchers are preparing for an oil spill in the Great Lakes, and then a look at “ghost streams” — the invisible ...

In this episode of Great Lakes Now, “Too Many Geese and Not Enough Mussels,” a look at efforts to manage the overpopulation of Canada geese, a project aimed at recovering freshwater mussels, and an ...

This extensive roll call is not just a Milwaukee phenomenon. It is repeated in other Great Lakes cities. Chicago boasts Argonne National Laboratory, Northwestern University, the tech hub Current, and ...

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Guy Walter, a Landscape Architect with the city of Thunder Bay, stands on old concrete supports for railway ties at Pool Six, a former landing dock for freight ships. Remediation of the site was ...