What would happen if the fiercest marine predators swapped the salty sea for our freshwater lakes and rivers? It may sou ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...

Lake Ontario, one of the region's five Great Lakes, is the only one that doesn't border Michigan. Here's what to know.

The Great Lakes ice season typically begins in the shallow, protected bays like Green Bay and Saginaw Bay as we see this year in Figure 1. Below is a chart that shows the average date of first ice ...

Long before the Great Lakes came to define the heart of North America, a much larger lake once ruled the land. Lake Agassiz, a prehistoric inland sea, spread across the continent with a reach that ...

The Great Lakes remain well below comfortable — or even safe — swimming temperatures, according to water temperature monitoring. Swimming is most comfortable in lake waters at about 70 degrees ...

It's the first time since 1985 that the international Great Lakes conference is in Milwaukee. ... said Milwaukee’s deep connection to Lake Michigan and its three rivers made it a natural choice.

From iconic Great Lakes to hidden gems like Crater Lake, the U.S. offers lakes for every mood—wild, remote, or family-friendly. Lake Michigan and Lake Tahoe headline the show. 4.

References [1] Background composition of pore waters in Lake Baikal bottom sediments. Journal of Great Lakes Research (2017). [2] Thermal waters in the central part of Baikal Rift Zone ...

Norris Lake was ranked the No. 3 best lake for swimming in the country in the 2025 USA TODAY 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards, outranking three of the Great Lakes also on the list.

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 ...