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 ...

Lake Superior, while the largest and deepest of all the Great Lakes, is so far north into the colder winter air that even its open waters often develop ice cover later into the winter on an annual ...

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 ...

"These are customers that have cruised all over the world, and they are choosing the Great Lakes," says Stephen Burnett, ...

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.