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Posted inBooks, Authors, Art and Music, Featured, History and Culture, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News

The Lake Michigan dive that made history

by Max Gene Nohl August 5, 2025December 8, 2025

In 1937, Max Nohl braved a freezing Lake Michigan, media pressure and searing pain in a record-breaking, live-broadcast scuba dive gone awry.

Posted inGLNC, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, News

Great Lakes slightly colder than usual ahead of summer

by Bridge Michigan May 29, 2025
Posted inGuest Article, Latest News, News

Artificial Reefs Can Mitigate Coastal Erosion in the Great Lakes. Will Cities Agree to Adopt Them?

by Inside Climate News April 25, 2025November 7, 2025
Posted inEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region

Michigan Residents Push for an Environmental Impact Statement Before Restarting the Palisades Nuclear Plant

by Inside Climate News February 19, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, History and Culture, 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 inChicago, Drinking Water, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Illinois, Infrastructure, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

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

by Circle of Blue September 6, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inChicago, Guest Article, Illinois, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News, Region

On Chicago’s South Side, neighbors fight to keep Lake Michigan at bay

by Grist August 16, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region

Diesel spill on Lake Michigan triggers multi-agency response

by Michigan Public August 3, 2023
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Forever Chemicals Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, PFAS, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Wisconsin

Lakes Michigan and Huron join list of lakes with PFAS-tainted smelt

by Bridge Michigan February 2, 2023
Posted inClimate Change, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research

Michigan winters are super cloudy and getting worse. Here’s how to deal.

by Bridge Michigan January 18, 2023

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    Michigan’s ambitious plan to replace 580,030 lead and galvanized lines is underway, yet many residents remain in the dark about their water safety. The Michigan Lead Service Line Tracker empowers communities to safeguard against lead exposure.
  • The Next Deluge May Go Differently
    Changes in wetlands policy and reductions in funding mean flooding will worsen.
  • Tensions flare as Line 5 public comment deadline nears
    Public comments are due by the end of the week after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed a tunnel alternative last month.

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