Gillette Sand Dune Visitor Center will reopen this weekend by sending love letters to nature at its Valentine's Day party.

For visitors from beyond Michigan, Grand Mere offers insight into what makes the Great Lakes state special—the unexpected ...

Presque Isle State Park officials have issued a warning to the public: stay off the ice dunes. Ice dunes have formed on Lake ...

Soft morning light washes over the sugar-white dunes of Grayton Beach State Park, turning the Gulf into a sheet of pale emerald and casting long shadows across Western Lake’s glassy, brackish edge.

More than 30 years ago, a group of scientists planted just 4,200 seeds of the rare Pitcher’s thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) in the sandy dunes of the Great Lakes. At the time, no one knew if the new ...

Following a recent blast of Arctic air, Michigan's Great Lakes saw a significant increase in ice, as the lakes reached their highest coverage for the 2025-26 season. On Sunday, Jan. 4, Great Lake ...

Michigan's Great Lakes are starting to see ice coverage as the region closes out December with a winter storm, and a cold snap is expected to move into the state by New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, that may ...

Throughout the United States, data centers are popping up like weeds, devouring water and electricity to fuel the unprecedented demand for AI training and inference. At the same time, water levels in ...

According to NOAA ice analysis updated this week, average ice cover across all five Great Lakes remains below 10%. This is tracking near average for mid-December. That’s not unusual. Historically, ...

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It looks like the Great Lakes region might get another relatively normal ice year − a relief given recent trends. The U.S. National Ice Center released its 2025-2026 seasonal outlook this week, ...