The incredible Great Lakes smelt situation was so described last week by Dr. John Van Oosten of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The vast smelt population of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron (where ...

The Great Lakes reached their highest ice coverage in three years on Feb. 22, hitting 52.23%. Warming temperatures have caused that percentage to shrink to nearly zero. With continuing above ...

Note This story has been amended to better reflect the results of the study. The Great Lakes are some of North America’s most beautiful and prized bodies of water, but plastic pollution is ...