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CLEVELAND — Ice on Lake Erie is a familiar sight most winters, but as we've been telling you, an exceptionally cold December brought the earliest appearance of ice on Lake Erie in 17 years. That early ...

As issues like algal blooms and microplastics stymie regulators, the Great Lakes also saw improvements for other parts of the region. New technology is ridding large plastic pollution while piping ...

Following a recent blast of Arctic air, Michigan's Great Lakes saw a significant increase in ice, as the lakes reached their highest coverage for the 2025-26 season. On Sunday, Jan. 4, Great Lake ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Winter may have come early for the Great Lakes this year, but neither the U.S. nor the Canadian coast guard can keep traffic moving through the ice. The lakes' frozen waters are ...