(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of over 10,000 synthetic ...

Eric McKinney, a father of three from Painesville, has become the first person to successfully bike on all five, frozen-over Great Lakes. Credit: Eric McKinney A subzero winter storm spells a handful ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the Great Lakes face mounting pressures, a new binational assessment offers a mixed report card on the health of the world's ...

A new binational report on the Great Lakes shows mixed results on the system's overall health. Drinking water quality and beaches receive good ratings, while invasive species and algae blooms remain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With the Soo Locks closed until March, Great Lakes freighters are quickly heading to port for winter maintenance at harbors from ...

Cruise vacations usually involve vibrant international destinations and exotic tropical locales. Syracuse and Buffalo generally do not come to mind. And yet in May, American Cruise Lines launches a ...

CLEVELAND — Do you have weather whiplash yet? The Great Lakes sure do! There have been several large temperature swings this season. As a result, ice coverage on the lakes has been all over the place ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – You can watch the Great Lakes Invitational third-place game live on Local 4+ as Ferris State takes on Miami (Ohio). Michigan State, Ferris State, Michigan Tech, and Miami (Ohio) ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The term "bomb cyclone" has become a staple of winter weather headlines, but for meteorologists, it describes a specific and powerful atmospheric process rather than just a heavy ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — So much of the Rochester region’s climate, industry, and recreation revolves around Lake Ontario, the smallest of North America’s five Great Lakes. But did you ever wonder how the ...

Headlines about a shredded cheese recall affecting more than a quarter of a million cases of various products have been making the rounds for the last few days, understandably alarming consumers. Yet ...