When Michigan's many lakes and rivers form ice, it can be hard to stay away. Some ice isn't worth stepping onto, experts say.

In the summer, visit one of the beaches, rent a kayak or take a day ... and the coldest and deepest of the Great Lakes. So, where even to begin with such an immense body of water — 31,700 ...

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

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

The Great Lakes surf season peaks in fall and winter when the wind creates some of the biggest waves of the year. Surfers clad in thick neoprene wetsuits embrace the cold like seals on the Alaska ...

Since 1973, ice coverage has fallen by 77% on Lake Michigan and 71% on the Great Lakes as a whole. That has a far-reaching ...

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 ...

is what's known as "shelf ice" forming along the Great Lakes shores. Officials say the ice, chunks and blocks pushed up along beaches, never freezes to the ground, can hide voids over freezing ...