On Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, reported that the ice coverage on the Great Lakes is currently at 20.8%. NOAA researchers say this is just about average ...
A hotspot that is now located in the Atlantic played a key role in forming the lakes, home to a fifth of the world's fresh ...
Ice growth on the Great Lakes requires long spells of subfreezing temperatures like we’ve seen of late. The shallower lakes—Erie and Huron—are the first to build significant surface ice, with the ...
With the Great Lake barely frozen over and cold air infiltrating from the north, heavy lake effect snow is expected across ...
The Doug Ford government is pushing for a prospecting rush across northern Ontario, leaving a blanket of mineral claims on land where First Nations are still fighting for title.
The Manitoulin, a 663-foot vessel, remained stuck just offshore of Buffalo, New York for the second day on Thursday. An ice-cutting barge, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, was dispatched ...
Ray Nobis was one of them. As a kid, he was taken out of school to learn how to trap and hunt. When he grew up, he became a ...
Because jet streams by and large move from west to east, the eastern side of the Great Lakes historically have seen more lake ...
The invasive sea lamprey brought Great Lakes fishing to its knees in the fifties and sixties, until local communities and ...
As the ice continues to develop on Lake Erie and other waterways in the area, some of you may be planning to have some fun this weekend. But, whether it’s ice skating, ice fishing, or pond hockey, you ...
A new study builds on previous research that shows winters on the Great Lakes are growing shorter due to climate change.