The small plastic particles are "ubiquitous" in Great Lakes water, sediment, plants, fish and beaches, an international panel ...

The lakes of the US are often thought of as great holiday destinations. All of them provide a combination of hiking, boating, ...

Scientists are urging the US and Canadian governments to take swift action after discovering high levels of microplastic ...

From the editorial: "That Great Lakes region supports more than 50 million jobs that could be put in jeopardy by a duel of ...

If President Donald Trump's threat to tariff Canadian imports by 25% goes forward, 200 years of peaceful and profitable Great Lakes maritime trade will be at risk.

Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, warned Americans in the certain regions may be most affected by ...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials from Chicago have been aiding a poor, predominantly white Ohio village upended ...

Water levels of the upper Great Lakes are expected to drop to near or significantly below their historical summer averages ...

When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...

The Great Lakes are an amazing natural resource that hold nearly 20% of the entire surface fresh water supply on the globe and a whopping 95% of the available fresh water supply for the US.