A hotspot that is now located in the Atlantic played a key role in forming the lakes, home to a fifth of the world's fresh ...

The program, funded through grants from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, is part of a larger goal to partner with universities across the state to gain a greater understanding of the ...

The ice coverage in Lake Erie has rapidly expanded to 80% this week. February and March are peak maximum ice coverage periods ...

A trio of Earth and atmospheric scientists at the University of Houston, working with a geoscientist from the University of Arizona, has found evidence that a geographic hotspot laid the groundwork ...

Crumbling shorelines: Due to the Great Lakes geography and the prevailing winds, our end of Lake Erie (the eastern half) not only gets pummeled by winter lake effect snow, but similar forces ...

A native of the Great Lakes State, National Geographic’s editor contends that protection of the freshwater source is key to the planet’s survival. While sheltering at home in the Netherlands ...

The lake sturgeon is the oldest and largest native fish species in North America’s Great Lakes. Lake sturgeons can grow huge. It’s not unusual to find one six feet long and 200 pounds.

The discovery links ancient mantle activity to the present-day geography of the Great Lakes. It underscores how Earth's internal processes—occurring over millions of years—can shape features ...