New research from experts Portland State University examines the factors behind the historic decline of the Great Salt Lake.

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

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 ...

Now, after temperatures plummeted below zero, Lake Erie is about 60 percent frozen. That’s about 20 percent more ice than ...

Steel production rebounded by 12,000 tons last week after plunging by 61,000 tons in the Great Lakes region the previous week, according to Washington, D.C.-based American Iron and Steel Institute, ...

The Great Salt Lake, the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere, reached historic low levels in 2022, raising ...

Record single-storm totals from across the Great Plains region suggest that snowfalls of up to four feet are possible, ...

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Author says gull species are amazingly adaptive, and the Great Lakes area is a perfect spot to find many of them.

The Great Lakes Megaregion is a geographic marvel! All told, the cities in this region have direct access to the largest ...

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 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 ...