When someone says “lighthouse,” your brain probably conjures images of rocky New England coastlines or foggy Pacific cliffs—not the heartland of Ohio. But there it stands on the shores of Lake Erie, ...

Jam-packed with waterfalls tumbling through dramatic gorges, the vibrant college town of Ithaca in New York’s Finger Lakes ...

Heat waves and cold spells are part of life on the Great Lakes. But new research from the University of Michigan shows that is true today in a fundamentally different way than it was even 30 years ...

As of May 9, 2025, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers update, recorded the water levels for each lake, here are the levels: Lake Superior: 601.10 feet Lake Michigan-Huron: 577.50 feet Lake St. Clair ...

Which is why he and a few other divers from Michigan are trying to normalize the sport in the Great Lakes even as traditionalists oppose their efforts. Durtka’s Instagram account and YouTube channel ...

"The Great Lakes will never go back to what they were 200 years ago," he said. "After 60 or 70 years of trying to control sea lamprey, we control them every year, but we still haven't eradicated ...

The Great Lakes, which nearly 40 million people in the United States and Canada depend on for drinking water, have already taken a beating from climate change. Water levels dropped this fall to ...

Michigan, often associated with its borders along four of the Great Lakes, has over 11,000 inland lakes measuring more than five acres. If smaller water bodies are included, this number leaps to ...

Launched in 1907, the S.S. Keewatin once transported passengers between Port Arthur/Fort William on Lake Superior and Port McNicoll on Georgian Bay. The Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS), an ...

Now, 40 years later, Boehme wants to launch another treasure hunt. As executive director of the Great Lakes Observing System, she’s leading a campaign to map every meter of the lakes’ bottom.

Now, 40 years later, Boehme wants to launch another treasure hunt. As executive director of the Great Lakes Observing System, she's leading a campaign to map every meter of the lakes' bottom.