The lakes of the US are often thought of as great holiday destinations. All of them provide a combination of hiking, boating, ...

When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...

Investigate aerosol chemistry and how warm winters impact the coastal food chain. Inside the Great Lakes Research Center, biologists, geologists, engineers, chemists, remote-sensing specialists, and ...

Photo courtesy of Matt Zuro. Image from NWS webpage. The Laurentian Great Lakes, as the world's largest unfrozen surface freshwater system, hold paramount significance in maintaining the ecological ...

Above: Satellite view of the Great Lakes on a recent clear day (December 22, 2019), showing less than 2% overall ice cover, about normal for this point in the winter, mainly in Green Bay and ...