Scientists in an Ann Arbor research office were among hundreds fired nationally as the Trump administration slashes staff within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Zanatta says that even if workforce cuts are temporary or end up being reversed, the decisions risk damaging the bedrock of Great Lakes research. “We are in danger of losing a season’s worth of work to, kind of, forward our better understanding and restoration of the Great Lakes — and that is troubling,” he said.

The Great Lakes, a phenomenal freshwater treasure that the United States and Canada share, present a unique chance for bilateral cooperation, specifically between the state of Wisconsin and the province of Ontario.

Great Lakes researchers and communicators with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Michigan are the latest federal employees to be axed amid the ongoing nationwide purge of government workers.

The Great Lakes reached their highest percentage of ice coverage in three years on Feb. 21, federal officials said, but have seen seen the ice shrink dramatically. The Great Lakes were at 52.23% ice coverage on Feb. 22. The last time the Great Lakes ice coverage reached 50% was February 2022 when it hit 56%, the NOAA said.

A company that purchased two Michigan nuclear plants to decommission them, now plans to restart one. Here's where nuclear plants ring the Great Lakes.

Cuts to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could unintentionally thwart efforts to control populations of the destructive sea lamprey.

Fish and wildlife officials tasked with holding back a species that would otherwise decimate the Great Lakes fishery were among those caught up in a mass purge of federal workers.

A Michigan appeals court has ruled that Enbridge Energy's plans to build a tunnel around an aging pipeline that runs beneath a Great Lakes channel can continue.

The Great Lakes Water Authority approved rate hikes of 5.9% for water and 4.5% for sewerage for dozens of Southeast Michigan communities that it provides utility service to, according to a press release from the agency.

ANN ARBOR, MI — Great Lakes researchers and communicators with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Michigan are the latest federal employees to be axed amid the ongoing ...

Michigan's lower Great Lakes are past peak ice coverage, which typically coincides with the end of February, NOAA said. The upper Great Lakes, are at peak ice coverage, which ends in early March.