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 ...

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

86% of litter collected on Great Lakes beaches is either partially or completely composed of plastic. This is worrisome, given the lakes supply 40 million people with drinking water and represent ...

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 ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is funding a $72 million project to renourish beaches along the Grand Strand after impacts from Hurricanes Ian and Debby.

Home to more freshwater shoreline than any other U.S. state, Michigan is often referred to as America's Third Coast. While droves of vacationers flock to beaches overlooking the Pacific and the ...

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 ...