Researchers Watching For Salt Buildup In Lake Superior
Researchers in Minnesota are trying to find an alternative to road salt in an effort to protect the state's water bodies from contamination.
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Researchers in Minnesota are trying to find an alternative to road salt in an effort to protect the state's water bodies from contamination.
The five inland seas are bursting at the seams during the region's wettest period in more than a century, which scientists say is likely connected to the warming climate.
As of Friday, less than 5% of Lake Superior was covered by ice, much lower than the typical 25% of coverage at the end of January.
The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa will now require permits for most people to access its lands in northeastern Minnesota.
State regulators have approved plans for a $700 million power plant on the shores of Lake Superior despite conservationists' concerns that the facility will harm the environment.
Line 3 carries Canadian crude from Alberta and clips a corner of North Dakota on its way across Minnesota to Enbridge's terminal.
It has been 44 years since the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior.
One man is dead and two others are recovering after their boat capsized on Lake Superior Monday morning.
Four gray wolves from Michigan's Upper Peninsula were transported for resettlement in Isle Royale National Park to help restore the predator species on the Lake Superior island chain.
Authorities in Duluth are warning the public to stay out of Lake Superior Friday due to dangerous swimming conditions.
The ever-present danger of rip currents in Lake Superior has some people in Duluth calling for more to be done to improve public safety.
Kayakers on a tour of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in northern Michigan narrowly escaped injury when a large section of cliff collapsed near them into Lake Superior.
Around the Great Lakes, beaches have disappeared, docks are submerged and lakeshore is eroding. This summer, Lakes Erie and Ontario reached their highest levels ever recorded – thanks to months of abnormally wet weather – and Lake Superior has set new monthly records.
A Virginia man needed to be rescued after he became stranded in the middle of Lake Superior attempting to Jet Ski to Isle Royale earlier this month.
A recent report finds around one-third of participating ports in the United States and Canada, including those in Duluth and Milwaukee, are keeping a detailed inventory of greenhouse gas emissions.
A Minneapolis family is thankful to be alive after their canoe capsized Tuesday evening in the cold waters of Lake Superior. It happened along Michigan's Upper Peninsula where they were camping.
A Twin Cities family is safe after their canoe capsized on choppy Lake Superior. Yonyalu and Tabithah Polinske and their two children swam to shore near Munising, Michigan, Tuesday night.
A Two Harbors man is taking Lake Superior photography to a whole new level.
It's a sight Lee Radzak never tires of – the resident keeper of Split Rock Lighthouse has seen Superior in all kinds of weather.
The Great Lakes region is warming faster than the rest of the U.S., a trend likely to bring more extreme storms while also degrading water quality, worsening erosion and posing tougher challenges for farming, scientists reported Thursday.
Experts are predicting higher-than-normal water levels on the Great Lakes this summer, some of which may set records.
A gray wolf that was moved to Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior last fall has wandered back to the mainland.
A 60-year-old study of wolves and moose at Isle Royale National Park is back on track after being derailed by the partial government shutdown, and enough private funding has been raised to ensure the work will go on even if federal agencies are idled again, officials said Monday.
An annual remembrance ceremony on Minnesota's North Shore is set to mark the 43rd anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The freighter sank in a massive storm on eastern Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975. Many of the crew members had ties to northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin.
The deaths have prompted efforts to increase safety along Great Lakes beaches.
