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How peering into our ancient past could transform our understanding of contemporary climate change

An underwater drone is helping reconstruct submerged landscapes inhabited by people in the early Holocene

Fifty years after the landmark Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, what’s changed?

There’s nothing like the feeling of being enveloped by the cool, sparkling waters of a lake on a sticky summer day. This is a feeling that we should all be able to experience. Beaches are for everyone—including those who are differently abled.

The weather outside may be frigid, but your activity level doesn't have to freeze. But before you head to the water for some frosty fun, make sure that you know how to stay safe by reading our top seven ice tips.

A personal encounter with the auroras that sweep the skies above the Great Lakes

Plus: A glimmer of hope for communities struggling without clean drinking water, NOAA receives major funding for future water level forecasting research, and a symphony of cicadas

Plus: Early warming of lakes leads to worse-off walleye and the tale of the "unbalanced paddleboarder"

Plus: One woman’s trash is … a tool to inspire pollution reduction in the Great Lakes and a not-so-great canyon near Lake Erie