Welcome to Great Lakes Now: a regional news and information hub about how we enjoy, study, work on and experience the world’s largest supply of surface freshwater.
The Great Lakes Now monthly television program is produced by Detroit Public TV in partnership with a network of PBS affiliates around the region. Shooting on location in eight states and Canada, the magazine-style show brings viewers stories about the recreational, economic, scientific, political and environmental issues related to the Great Lakes and drinking water.
Latest News from Great Lakes Now
AuthorsBooks, Authors, Art and MusicDrinking WaterFeature HomepageGary WilsonHistory and CultureInfrastructureLatest NewsNewsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Book chronicles human, water connection from nomadic to modern times
-
The journey of modern man began 10,000 years ago and “the distribution of water defined its starting point.”
AuthorsClimate ChangeDetroitLake ErieLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSharon OosthoekToronto
Science Says What? Climate change, deluges and snow days
-
In this new feature, see what scientists are learning about the impacts of climate change on the region – and what can be done to mitigate them.
Alex HillAuthorsBuffaloFeature HomepageLake ErieLake MichiganLake OntarioLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsOntarioRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, Research
Mapping the Great Lakes: Snowfall in the snowbelt
-
Another environmental oddity of the Great Lakes region is the existence of snowbelts or large areas impacted by lake effect snow.
AdvocacyCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeCollaborationInfrastructureLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Multi-state group prepares Great Lakes basin for effects of climate change
-
The Great Lakes Commission has a plan to guide the states and provinces surrounding the Great Lakes toward protecting their communities from the climate-change damage.
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeCollaborationFeature HomepageLake MichiganLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, Research
Michigan winters are super cloudy and getting worse. Here’s how to deal.
-
Blame the Great Lakes and climate change for Michigan’s dreary winters.
AuthorsDrinking WaterFeature HomepageForever Chemicals FeaturedIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsPFASWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsin
PFAS News Roundup: New requirements taking effect in 2023 to protect consumers from ‘forever chemicals’
-
Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in this biweekly headline roundup.
AuthorsBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsI Speak for the FishKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchTourismWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
I Speak for the Fish: And the survey says…
-
Doom and gloom coverage of the Great Lakes’ underwater realm has unfairly skewed the public’s perception.
AuthorsChicagoEnergy News RoundupFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoIllinoisIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsOhioOntarioWisconsin
Energy News Roundup: Community programs to provide solar for low-income residents in Illinois, Ohio
-
Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
APBudgetFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLake HuronLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectShipping and PortsSt. Mary's RiverU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Biden’s signature advances major projects in water bill
-
APChicagoClimate ChangeDetroitFeature DetroitFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsHabitat RestorationIllinoisLatest NewsMichiganNewsProtectRecreation and TourismResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Extinctions, shrinking habitat spur ‘rewilding’ in cities
-
APEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake SuperiorLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Mine opponents to ask Minnesota Supreme Court to void permit
-