As the Six Nations of the Grand River face water scarcity due to corporate extraction and limited land ownership, a new study ...

Every winter, ice boaters race across frozen waterways, chasing serious speeds. Meet Ron Sherry. He’s an Iceboat World ...

Each one was destined for long-term cold storage alongside roughly 46 million other seeds at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Arctic grayling were once abundant in Michigan’s waters. But almost a century ago, habitat destruction, overfishing, and ...

The issue in front of the US Supreme Court is seemingly mundane, about federal or state jurisdiction. But it is actually much ...

More PFAS news with a study on Minnesota combustion facilities, and proposed rate hikes for water utilities in Illinois.

The southernmost Great Lake froze over almost completely this month — bringing people from near and far to have a look.

In September of 2025, dozens of people with indigenous roots from across the Great Lakes gathered on the banks of Michigan’s ...

Restarting an aging reactor and building next-generation modular plants on the shores of the world’s largest freshwater ...

Across the Great Lakes, a network of buoys provides real-time data about waves, wind, and ice. In 2025, one buoy broke free, drifting nearly to the center of Lake Michigan before washing ashore. The ...

In Traverse City, Michigan, a fish obstacle course is keeping unwanted species out of a river. As dams come down around the world, native fish are returning to their home waters. But invasive species ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Michigan researchers have gone back in time to get a picture of ice cover on ...