Four years after a facility disclosed water contamination in the surrounding community, residents and locals deal with the impact of PFAS.
Microplastics act like a chemical sponge, soaking up contaminants such as persistent organic pollutants and heavy metals. Those chemicals, in turn, appear to be causing deformities in larval fish.
Each spring, as many as 10 million walleye leave the deeper areas of Lake Erie and ascend the Detroit River in search of rocky substrates to spawn on, creating a fishing frenzy known throughout North America.
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary should be joined by two other sanctuaries – in lakes Ontario and Michigan – within the next few years.
Climate disruption is revealing economic inequality.
From the urgency of the subject matter to inside jokes, the Great Lakes Now team reflects on two years of the show and its stories.
Teen Vogue heard from more than 80 young people about how they imagine the climate crisis might define their future. Here’s what they said.
Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
In honor of Great Lakes Now’s two-year anniversary, take this quiz to test your show knowledge.
The specifics of Great Lakes Tribes’ right to fish is being hammered out in court, even as state-licensed commercial fishers and the state of Michigan fight over their rules.
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