Flooding can destroy property and have serious effects on human health. And it can follow patterns of housing discrimination ...

The search for a site to store toxic waste from across the country has ended just north of Lake Superior, near Ignace, Ont.

As climate change increasingly shapes the Great Lakes region’s ecology and economy, scientists plan to use underwater robots ...

How a port that receives about 2.5 million tons of cargo, is also a haven for birds at the intersection of the Atlantic and ...

In Marquette County, a $145 million project promises to turn dangerous mining waste into valuable metals. Proponents hope it ...

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“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake ...