As executive director of the Great Lakes Observing System, she's leading a campaign to map every meter of the lakes' bottom. The effort, the marine scientist says, will pinpoint hundreds of ...

Risks are escalating for ecosystems, fisheries water quality and coastal infrastructure, like power plants and drinking water ...

"This is going to be something, I think, that will be a real economic driver ... of the first "baseline" map, as the topographical features of the Great Lakes are always changing due to weather ...

Great Lakes water levels are currently below average compared to 2024, though the lakes overall saw a rise from spring melt. Lakes Michigan-Huron are 8 inches lower than last year, the largest ...