Dec 3, 2025 | Daily News
An environmental crisis is unfolding in Lake Erie, where plastic pollution has increased dramatically over the past decade despite widespread conservation efforts. The findings are dramatic in Cleveland, Ohio, but more so near the eastern end of Lake Erie, where...
Dec 3, 2025 | Daily News
Canadian builder, owner, and pilot of the houseboat, The Neverlanding, wanted to sail her through the Straits of Mackinac, down Lake Michigan to be in Chicago by Christmas. Wintry weather on the Great Lakes gave him second thoughts. Read the full story by the Detroit...
Dec 3, 2025 | Daily News
Strong winds that prompted an Environment Canada alert this week have laid bare Lake Erie shoreline not often seen, but they also briefly uncovered a rarely seen shipwreck. Read the full story by the CBC.
Dec 3, 2025 | Daily News
Looking for a holiday gift for a reader who loves the Great Lakes? There are several prospects to consider. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
Dec 1, 2025 | Daily News
While ice does play some role, the results of a new study show the humidity of the air over the lakes has a much more dominant effect on how much water is sucked out of the lakes into the atmosphere. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.
Dec 1, 2025 | Daily News
Under a new rule to protect Wisconsin’s cleanest waterways finalized last week, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is required to conduct a review before regulated entities are allowed to discharge new or increased levels of contaminants into...
Dec 1, 2025 | Daily News
As once-abundant Great Lakes whitefish slide toward population collapse, biologists are trying something that would have sounded far-fetched a decade ago: hauling live fish upriver and simply letting them go. Read the full story by MLive.
Dec 1, 2025 | Daily News
Herring gull blood and egg samples collected in the St. Lawrence River in Quebec were tested to see how exposed seabirds are to plastic additives called ultraviolet absorbents. Every herring gull sampled was exposed to plastic additives. Read the full story by Great...
Dec 1, 2025 | Daily News
The Lakehead Region Conservation Authority says Ontario’s plan to merge the province’s 36 conservation authorities into seven larger regional bodies would disconnect Thunder Bay’s watershed from the region it actually serves. Read the full story by the...
Dec 1, 2025 | Daily News
Samples collected by researchers aboard the U.S. EPA’s Lake Guardian research vessel in 2014 and 2024 showed an increase in the volume of plastic per square kilometer, suggesting that the volume of plastic in the lake has gone up. Read the full story by The Plain...
