In the Great Lakes, NOAA data is used for everything from going out on a boat, fishing, swimming, coastal flooding.

AccuWeather's Joe Lundberg recaps the week's weather events while looking ahead to next week where the risk of fire continues ...

A Kansas company that owns dozens of small railroads is purchasing Owosso-based Great Lakes Central and expanding its ...

“Microplastics are reported to be present in sources of drinking water and in fish collected from the Great Lakes and their ...

After searching for two years, researchers discovered the shipwreck of the Western Reserve, an early all-steel ship that ...

Congressman Nick Langworthy has reintroduced legislation aimed at preventing future wind turbine development on the Great ...

The Great Lakes Compact, along with other binational agreements that protect the lakes, are at risk as Trump expands pressure ...

The Great Lakes saw more than 50% ice coverage in February. As temperatures warm up, that percentage is falling quickly.

The 300-foot "Western Reserve" sank in August 1892, killing 27 people after both lifeboats capsized. Harry W. Stewart, the ship's wheelsman, was the only survivor ...

The Soo Locks form a key passage for ships navigating the upper Great Lakes, enabling traffic to bypass the St. Mary’s Rapids and travel between Lake Superior and Lake Huron. More than 4,500 vessels ...

In the Great Lakes, NOAA monitors lake, weather and climate conditions, conducts scientific research and safeguards shipwrecks.

This study out of the University of Houston points to a new theory that as North America began to split away, the Great Lakes ...