Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has halted a key project meant to defend the Great Lakes from invasive carp, citing federal funding ...

Scientists are urging the US and Canadian governments to take swift action after discovering high levels of microplastic ...

Illinois Department of Natural Resources Director Natalie Phelps Finnie on Monday wrote in a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of ...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials from Chicago have been aiding a poor, predominantly white Ohio village upended ...

To that end, the nonprofit Great Lakes Observing System, or GLOS, is asking ice fishing anglers and others who go out on the ...

The National Weather Service says a strong storm will bring moderate to heavy snowfall across parts of the Upper Great Lakes ...

The small plastic particles are "ubiquitous" in Great Lakes water, sediment, plants, fish and beaches, an international panel ...

I’m really looking forward to it. Absolutely! It’s been 11 years since I’ve been to the Detroit area,” said Jones, of San ...

Nippon Steel in December 2023 made what was a nearly $15 billion bid to buy U.S. Steel, creating a sudden political issue in ...

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 ...

Abdullatif Ahmed recalls his journey from Yemen to working on the icy waters of the Great Lakes, where Yemeni sailors shaped the region’s maritime history.

A winter storm is expected to bring snow and ice to the Midwest and Northeast beginning Wednesday. Here's which states will ...