Great Lakes

Wisconsin Tribes Have Helped the Lake Sturgeon Recover. Climate Change Is Stressing Its Ability to Adapt.

The ancient, enormous fish have lived on Earth for more than 150 million years but changing weather conditions have researchers questioning whether future generations will thrive.

By Stefan Lovgren

Invasive Scud Is Threatening the Great Lakes. Pollution Might Be Helping to Keep It Back.

By K.R. Callaway

There’s a New Plan and Funding to Clean Up the Muck Plaguing Lake St. Clair

By K.R. Callaway

In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Stargazing Sheds Light on the Dark Sky Movement

By K.R. Callaway

Great Lakes Microplastics Research Could Inform National and Global Policy

By Sarah Mattalian

Water Management in Great Lakes States Deserves a Closer Look, Group Says

By Susan Cosier

As Data Centers Proliferate Across Illinois, Communities Grapple with How to Supply the Necessary Water

By Susan Cosier

Citing Trump Emergency Order, Army Corps Expedites Review for Line 5 Oil Pipeline in Great Lakes’ Wetlands

By Carrie Klein

Illinois Delays a Project Meant to Keep Asian Carp Out of the Great Lakes

By Susan Cosier

Chicago Considers New Approaches for PFAS Management

By Kacie Faith Kress

Federal Firings Threaten Great Lakes’ $5 Billion Fishery

By Anika Jane Beamer

New Federal Funds Aim to Cut Carbon Emissions and Air Pollution From US Ports

By Kristoffer Tigue

Joliet, Illinois, Plans to Source Its Future Drinking Water From Lake Michigan. Will Other Cities Follow?

By Nina B. Elkadi

‘It’s Just No Place for an Oil Pipeline’: A Wisconsin Tribe Continues Its Fight to Remove a 71-Year-Old Line From a Pristine Place

By Phil McKenna

What Happened to the Great Lakes Offshore Wind Boom?

By Nicole Pollack

Climate Costs Imperil Unique, Diverse Detroit Neighborhood

By Brian Allnutt, Planet Detroit

On Chicago’s South Side, Neighbors Fight to Keep Lake Michigan at Bay

By Siri Chilukuri, Grist

Inundation and Injustice: Flooding Presents a Formidable Threat to the Great Lakes Region

By Kari Lydersen, Ensia

Funding Poised to Dry Up for Water Projects in Ohio and Other States if Proposed Budget Cuts Become Law

Kathiann M. Kowalski