A January 2025 cold wave plunged Chicago into subzero temperatures, initially without snow. By late January, snowfall ...

A hotspot that is now located in the Atlantic played a key role in forming the lakes, home to a fifth of the world's fresh ...

The Great Lakes region is a major recipient of federal funding to protect and clean up the basin as well as protect its rich ...

The Great Lakes are losing about 14 winter days every decade, according to a recent study published in the Environmental ...

Crumbling shorelines: Due to the Great Lakes geography and the prevailing winds, our end of Lake Erie (the eastern half) not only gets pummeled by winter lake effect snow, but similar forces ...

The program, funded through grants from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, is part of a larger goal to partner with universities across the state to gain a greater understanding of the ...

Lake effect snow is dependent on the Great Lakes water temperature and how much of the lake is frozen. But what does the ...

A native of the Great Lakes State, National Geographic’s editor contends that protection of the freshwater source is key to the planet’s survival. While sheltering at home in the Netherlands ...

Record single-storm totals from across the Great Plains region suggest that snowfalls of up to four feet are possible, ...

The discovery links ancient mantle activity to the present-day geography of the Great Lakes. It underscores how Earth's internal processes—occurring over millions of years—can shape features ...