The greatest source of moisture for West Michigan is from the Gulf of America/Mexico, which streams northward into the Great Lakes region ... speed or direction with height, which can enhance ...

On the ship’s final voyage, Capt. Peter G. Minch, a wealthy shipping magnate, had embarked from Ohio with his family on a Great Lakes cruise to Two Harbors under the command of Albert Myer. Both men ...

Vivek Ramaswamy floated the idea of renaming one of the Great Lakes during a recent campaign appearance, in yet another move ripped from the Trump playbook. Addressing a crowd in Toledo last week ...

The 2024-2025 Great Lakes ice season has seen near-normal ice cover, a change from recent years with record lows. Ice cover peaked in February at just over 50% due to a polar vortex. Climate ...

Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in U.S. federal cuts U.S. federal job cuts hit Great Lakes invasive species program, fishery commission says "It's a mission that takes participation from ...

The Great Lakes Historical Society used Marine Sonic Technology side-scan sonar aboard a non-profit research vessel. The initial discovery was made by David Boyd in the late summer of 2024. Using a ...

Three shipwrecks submerged for 130 years or more were discovered in the Great Lakes in a short span last year. The Western Reserve was particularly deadly. Thousands of undiscovered shipwrecks are ...

This freighter lay undiscovered for 132 years until this past summer when a team with the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society discovered the wreckage 600 feet down off the coast of Michigan ...

The shipwreck, broken in two, was discovered by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society using sonar technology. A historic all-steel ship that broke records as it cruised the Great Lakes but ...

A hardiness zone is a geographic area with a similar average minimum temperature. The map is based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature, so people in those areas know which plants can ...

Thomas Kierans was stopped by a reporter in St. John’s, Nfld., on the occasion of his 100th birthday. Regarded around town as somewhat of a local treasure, he was dressed in a tan winter coat, a ...