There are about 42 fewer days of wintry weather in the Great Lakes than in 1995, according to a study published in the ...

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 ...

It's a common conversation among longtime Western New York residents ... indicates that winters are getting shorter in the Great Lakes. Scientists did not arrive at this conclusion by measuring ...

The ice coverage in Lake Erie has rapidly expanded to 80% this week. February and March are peak maximum ice coverage periods ...

The other Great Lakes have varying degrees of ice coverage ... that the Canadian freighter Manitoulin became stuck near Buffalo, New York, and U.S. Coast Guard icebreakers were working to free ...

Madison, Wisconsin, upwind of the Great Lakes, gets on average around 15 days each winter when the temperature drops below 0°F. In Buffalo, NY, immediately downwind of the Great Lakes ...

A winter storm was sweeping across a large portion of the US on Thursday, bringing snow, ice and rain to several states in ...

A Natural Phenomenon Lake-effect snow is a unique weather phenomenon that primarily affects areas downwind of the Great Lakes ...

Lake effect snow is dependent on the Great Lakes water temperature and how much of the lake is frozen. But what does the current ice concentration look like and ...

After nearly a week of freezing temperatures — below zero on several days — the Great Lakes are seeing significant ice creation ... Canadian freighter Manitoulin became stuck near Buffalo, New York, ...

After nearly a week of freezing temperatures — below zero on several days — the Great Lakes are seeing significant ... became stuck near Buffalo, New York, and U.S. Coast Guard icebreakers ...