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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Steam from St. Joseph Energy Center, a gas-fired power plant, rises over New Carlisle, Indiana, where Amazon Web Services has built a data center. (J. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue) The collaborative’s ...

An obstacle course is being built to keep invasive species out of a river. FishPass is a project on the Boardman-Ottaway River in Traverse City, Michigan. Its goal is to allow desirable fish into the ...

Catch the latest energy news from around the region. Check back for these monthly Energy News Roundups. Michigan is taking on oil companies. Its approach hasn’t been tried before. In a lawsuit filed ...