Lake Erie's devastating lake-effect snow storms can smother communities with collapsed roofs and impassable roads. Could ...

A board of scientists has proposed a system to monitor microplastics in the Great Lakes. Currently, there’s no coordinated ...

Research unveils a new theory about the origin of the Great Lakes, challenging what we know about their age and formation.

But at least we're not the only ones being hit by lake-effect storms, according to the story on the magazine's website.

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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predicts that the water levels in the five Great Lakes will continue to drop until April. How low are the levels in February?

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 ...

Lake-effect snow along the "least spectacular of the five Great Lakes" is the focus of a National Geographic story published on the magazine's website on Feb. 26. The article details record ...