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Category: Lake Michigan

Posted inFeatured, Infrastructure, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Tourism, Water Quality

You can’t stop the lake

by Astrid Code January 30, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inClimate Change, Featured, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology & Research

Warmer winters mean less ice on Lake Michigan – hurting lake trout and whitefish

by WBEZ January 8, 2024
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Featured, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Coastal erosion researcher appeals for help in finding her remote-control boat

by Sharon Oosthoek November 5, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Culture, Featured, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Shipwrecks, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Behind the shipwreck discovered in Lake Michigan

by Lisa John Rogers, Great Lakes Now September 15, 2023
Posted inDrinking Water, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Illinois, Infrastructure, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Region, Water Quality

Chicago Suburbs, Running Out of Water, Will Tap Lake Michigan

by Circle of Blue September 6, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inGreat Lakes News Collaborative, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region

What’s being done about plastic trash getting into the Great Lakes?

by Michigan Public August 28, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Feature Detroit, Featured, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Tourism, Who We Are and What We Do

Ian Outside: Michigan beaches you need to see

by Ian Solomon June 27, 2023
Posted inLake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research

New NASA satellite helps scientists understand Great Lakes

by Great Lakes Echo June 19, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Asian Carp, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Illinois, Invasive Species, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do

Illinois, feds grapple with agreement that would advance billion dollar plan to stop invasive carp

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now June 2, 2023
Posted inClimate Change, Culture, Fish, Birds and Animals, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Indigenous Communities, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Anishinaabe tribes work to save a fish significant to their culture and an important source of protein

by Michigan Public May 17, 2023November 8, 2025

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Latest News

  • Air quality alerts issued for northern Michigan as wildfire smoke blankets region
    Events were canceled and people were urged to stay indoors amid warnings of health risks from the plume drifting down from Minnesota and Canada.
  • The AI Boom Is Prolonging Indiana’s Fossil Fuel Era, With Hidden Costs for Water
    Gas turbines and an old coal plant are expected to consume nearly 7 billion gallons of water annually in service of a new Amazon data center.
  • Refuge in the Windy City: Declining wetland bird makes a home in downtown Chicago
    While urbanization continues to displace natural ecosystems across the Great Lakes region, one declining wetland bird has managed to adapt to city life — the black-crowned night heron.

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