A decade-long cap on water and sewer rate increases is coming to an end — and several Metro Detroit communities are bracing ...

Altogether, the Great Lakes are seeing healthier ice coverage this year. Here's what to know about their current conditions.

When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...

This is a dual column about paying tribute to a tributary close to home by authors Bob Otwell and Dave Dempsey, who will make ...

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In 2002, the Great Lakes basin had just 11.9% ice coverage, NOAA said. In 2012, Lake Superior had 8.5% coverage. In 2002, Lake Michigan had 12.4% coverage. In 2012, Lake Huron had 22.8% coverage.

After nearly a week of freezing temperatures — below zero on several days — the Great Lakes are seeing significant ice creation, with Lake Erie nearly completely frozen over. Lake Erie was ...

The study builds on that research by focusing on changes in water temperatures during the winter months. Anderson noted only Lake Erie typically sees heavy ice cover each winter, whereas the other ...

There was a time when many people in the Great Lakes watershed drank sewage. With some highly publicized exceptions like the disastrous lead contamination of the Flint, Michigan, water supply in 2014 ...

Abstract, colorful ice formations, known as blue ice are already forming in the Great Lakes near Mackinac Island ... as a lack of high winds — allow water to freeze slowly and evenly, resulting ...