Tom Howarth is a Newsweek reporter based in Bristol, U.K. His focus is reporting on nature and science. He covers climate change, biodiversity, extreme weather, zoonotic diseases and more.

ONE MAN DIED AFTER CRASHING THROUGH THE ICE ON PEWAUKEE LAKE. FIRST RESPONDERS ALSO MADE RESCUES ON BIG MUSKEGO LAKE, BROWNS LAKE AND WIND LAKE. WEATHERWATCH 12 METEOROLOGIST GINO RECCHIA REPORTS ...

The U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards are continuing efforts to break up ice and free a freighter that has been trapped in a ...

DELAFIELD - Two days after a 61-year-old man fatally fell through the ice on Pewaukee Lake, details have become clearer, but other information, including why the ice was so thin, remained elusive.

Scientists say Lake Michigan’s winter season is getting shorter, disrupting fish populations, nutrient cycles and even summer ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A freighter was on its way to Canada on Sunday after it was freed from ice that trapped it in a frozen Lake Erie for days, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Manitoulin, a 663-foot ...

Now, it’s becoming more common for the lake to have years where less than 40% of it is covered with ice at its peak, the lab’s data show. As of Jan. 30, about 80% of Lake Erie was covered with ...

It’s been so cold! Cold is good for nice, safe, hard ice. Today, I intended to share news of all the cool new tools that ...

Lake Erie ice coverage has increased by 35-40% since mid January when the lake was only partially frozen over. Now with recent freezing temperatures and more snowy conditions, Lake Erie is roughly ...