The loss of the Great Salt Lake would be an environmental disaster with health and economic effects far beyond Utah’s borders ...

Same with the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, which ordered a 40 percent cut in phosphorus flows into Lake Erie. That has not happened, and harmful algal blooms spoil the lake and smaller inland ...

Cutbacks to NOAA funding by the Trump administration risk leaving coastal communities on the Great Lakes in the dark about ...

While Great Lakes water levels were up in early May from the previous month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says they are all lower than their 2024 averages, by as much as 8 inches. "The ...

Unlike Silicon Valley’s ascent, which was significantly bolstered by steady public research funding—federal investment, for ...

Water flows into Lake Ontario from a drainage pipe ... by a team of 17 volunteers near East Creek on June 22, 2024. The Great Lakes have a long history of pollution and efforts to combat it.

While currents and breezes flow invisibly across the lakes, researchers are trying to capture and convert them into usable power. As has been stated by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), ...

Great Lakes water levels are rising as expected with the warmer temperatures of April. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predicts that levels will remain below 2024 levels for the next six months.

Michigan has the highest percentage of water area among U.S. states, at 41.5%. Alaska has the largest total water area, while ...

A recent year of record snow replenished mountain streams and reservoirs, allowing more water to flow to the Great Salt Lake. It currently is 5 feet higher than its all-time low, but it will need ...

I hear things are just as bad up in Lake Erie.” When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many ...