Milwaukee is building a massive underwater storage facility in Lake Michigan, just south of the Summerfest grounds, to store ...

More than 40 million depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Yet plastic pollution in the lake water isn’t regulated, ...

A $12 million Torch Lake project will close the Lake Linden beach this season while crews remove sediment contaminated with ...

U.S. lakes face shrinking water levels, toxic pollution, and climate pressures, threatening ecosystems and millions of people.

A new study by Rochester Institute of Technology that inventories and tracks high concentrations of plastic in the Great Lakes could help inform cleanup efforts and target pollution prevention.

Three beaches at the Jersey Shore have high levels of fecal bacteria as of June 30.

Candy wrappers. Cigarette butts. Chip bags. The litter you see on the side of the street doesn’t just present a public nuisance where it’s dropped. It’s one of the more serious emerging pollution ...

From litter to invasives, the Great Lakes have their share of problems. At least a few dozen "nurdles" were discovered in just two hours by a team of 17 volunteers on June 22, 2024. Zebra and quagga ...