Lake Erie, one of the region's five Great Lakes, lies on the southeast coast of Michigan. Here's what to know.

While the air outside is warming up, the Great Lakes will remain cold for weeks to come. Here's when it'll be swim weather.

Technically, Inland Lakes' Jack Wilson and Onaway's Levi Rigot are rivals. But the two track state qualifiers have brought ...

Aging infrastructure poses a risk to the drinking water of tens of millions, activists and Indigenous communities say.

The J.C. Ames was a powerful towing tug built in Manitowoc in 1881. It had a 41-year career. Now, it's the first shipwreck ...

The step-grandson of a famous Great Lakes shipwreck finder recently made his own historic discovery in Wisconsin—the ...

Cruise ship and freighter captains, as well as the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, use the information directly to navigate ...

Flooding, record-setting tornadoes, droughts with no historical comparison. The impacts of climate change are already being ...

One of the poorest cities in Michigan has a proposed $3 billion data center as a potential lifeline — but environmentalists ...

Officials recorded below-average water levels compared to 2024 for the Great Lakes, ranging from 1-8 inches lower. Here's ...

New research says Chicago and Detroit are at risk of sinking from things like groundwater extraction. Researcher says officials need to be more proactive.

U-M was awarded $6.5 million by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to research environmental impacts on human health.