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AuthorsBuffaloClimate ChangeFeature HomepageLatest NewsNew YorkNewsRegionScience, Technology, ResearchHow Buffalo, New York has adapted to and embraced an influx of climate migrants
-For the first time in 70 years, Buffalo’s population is rising, partly due to Puerto Ricans relocating after the devastation of hurricanes Irma and Maria.
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Millions in loans to replace lead pipes pumping water into Chicago homes remain unspent
-City officials said they plan to accelerate spending to replace lead service lines in 2026. The city also remains far behind telling Chicagoans of the health risks.
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Climate ChangeFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsBoom or burden? Climate migration’s impact on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
-Could climate migration bring new life to shrinking towns in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, or will rising costs and lagging infrastructure get in the way of population growth?
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Time running out for Great Lakes whitefish. Can ponds become their Noah’s Ark?
-On the brink of collapse in Lakes Michigan and Huron, whitefish need a miracle. Now, some want to relocate fish en masse to inland waters to preserve dying bloodlines.
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AuthorsClevelandClimate ChangeFeature ClevelandFeature HomepageLatest NewsNewsOhioScience, Technology, ResearchHow Great Lakes cities are preparing for climate migration
-Cleveland hopes to thrive as a climate refuge, but some fear gentrification and extractive development will leave longtime residents behind.
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A Great Lakes oil pipeline faces 3 controversies with no speedy resolutions
-The disputes raise questions about the region’s economy and environment, as well as national priorities over energy, water, climate and Indigenous rights.
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Lost Ships and Newsworthy Trees
-Explore shipwreck sanctuaries and a forest that fueled a media empire.
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Amid rise of RFK Jr., officials waver on drinking water fluoridation — even in the state where it started
-As the nation’s top health official calls fluoride “industrial waste,” state and local governments are pulling back on the practice, upending a decades-long public health success story.
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Illinois farmers find that sheep and solar arrays go well together
-The agrivoltaics practice of raising sheep under solar panels is a win-win for Illinois farmers — but first the market for lamb meat needs to grow.
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As mussels ravage Great Lakes whitefish, Lake Superior survives — for now
-Chemistry, cold water and isolation make it hard for invasive mussels to get a foothold in the Big Lake. But a spate of recent outbreaks from Isle Royale to Canada’s Nipigon Bay have scientists unnerved.
