Echo
Images show impact of Midland County flooding
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Images from NASA’s Earth Observatory illustrate the recent flooding in Midland County, Michigan.
Echo
Environmental journalism students recognized in Michigan College Better Newspaper Contest
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Great Lakes Echo reporters were recognized for exceptional work by the Michigan Press Association.
Nearshore
Six-month water level predictions illustrate Great Lakes complexity
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Superior and Huron-Michigan expected to drop below last year. Ontario and Erie to be higher.
Climate
Strong El Nino will influence Great Lakes water levels
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A winter warmer than the last two will increase evaporation. And precipitation will drop. But experts say many other factors also influence water levels. That makes them hard to predict.
Recreation
Explorers map Great Lakes shipwrecks with lasers, sonar, photo sleds and robots
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High-tech produces high-def views of mysteries of the deep.
Nearshore
Lake Erie isn’t only lake with algae headaches; Lake Ontario also on the hook
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Last summer’s Toledo water woes is a warning to the entire Great Lakes community.
Wildlife
Great Lakes fishery managers need insight on climate change impacts
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It ranks third in their greatest worries, but it has direct implications for the habitat loss and invasive species threats listed above it.
Climate
Drones could predict region’s lake effect snow
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But federal regulations keep a Great Lakes weather fleet grounded.
Land
Last winter’s cold legacy: Fall colors slower to peak
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Winter stress and a cold spring delayed leaf-out for many trees. Heavy precipitation also contributed to color delays.
Nearshore
Poll: A fifth of Michigan residents not Great Lakes wet yet
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Michigan residents may live in a basin containing nearly 20 percent of the world’s freshwater, but more than 21 percent failed to boat, swim or wade in a Great Lake in the past five years, according to a recent poll conducted by Lansing-based Public Sector Consultants. Here’s what else the poll revealed:
Only 13.5 percent of Michigan potential voters went to every lake during the past five years. Almost 21 percent visited one lake. Almost 19 percent visited two lakes. A little more than 16 percent visited three lakes.