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President Trump announced plans to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America on Wednesday, Aug. 26
Juvenile silver carp have been found 80 miles from Lake Michigan, the closest ever detected to the Great Lakes.
The Great Lakes hold about 21 percent of the planet's surface fresh water, yet less than one percent of that volume renews each year. That second number, not the first, sets the limits on everyone who drinks from the basin.
Decades of tagging data suggest lake sturgeon could live well past 400 years old.
Plastics just keep getting smaller, and potentially more harmful to humans, fish and wildlife. Even the most remote areas of the Great Lakes aren’t spared.
For decades, the round goby has been one of the Great Lakes' most destructive invasive species. Scientists estimate its population numbers in the billions, making eradication unrealistic.
Five vessels are stationary across the Great Lakes on Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at 7:25 a.m. EDT, according to automatic identification system data, as a cold front moves southward across Lake Michigan this afternoon with thunderstorms possible through the evening.
Severe storms are expected to ramp up across parts of the Midwest and Great Lakes as a cold front sweeps eastward from the Mid-Mississippi Valley. Daytime heating and wind shear could fuel damaging