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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Although the Western Reserve was found in Lake Superior, estimates suggest there are more than 1,700 ships resting just in Lake Michigan.

Explorers have discovered the sunken wreckage of one of the first steel cargo ships to travel the Great Lakes.