More than 30 years ago, a group of scientists planted just 4,200 seeds of the rare Pitcher’s thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) in the sandy dunes of the Great Lakes. At the time, no one knew if the new ...

CLEVELAND — Cleveland's Great Lakes Science Center will offer a new way for guests to immerse themselves in one of history's most iconic disasters with "TITANIC: The Artifact Exhibition." The ...

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NORTHERN MICHIGAN,. (WPBN/WGTU) - - President Trump has signed the Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization Act into law, providing crucial funding to the Great Lakes Science Center. This ...

AU GRES, MI-- Real-feel temperatures below zero in recent days helped transform the western shore of the Saginaw Bay into a moonscape of ice. The sheet of ice, inches thick, stretched over a mile, ...

CLEVELAND — Ice is beginning to take hold across the Great Lakes as the calendar turns to January. Overall the coverage remains below normal for this point in the season, according to the latest ...

Michigan's Great Lakes are starting to see ice coverage as the region closes out December with a winter storm, and a cold snap is expected to move into the state by New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, that may ...

The Great Lakes are taking one last shot in 2025 to remind everyone their waves can be more fierce than what the vast oceans typically conjure up. Gale force winds producing waves not seen since the ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The term "bomb cyclone" has become a staple of winter weather headlines, but for meteorologists, it describes a specific and powerful atmospheric process rather than just a heavy ...

MICHIGAN (WPBN/WGTU) -- The Great Lakes Fishery Commission is celebrating the passage of the Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization Act. The bipartisan bill was sent to President Trump December ...

WASHINGTON — A bill sponsored by Ohio Senator Jon Husted was passed by the United States House of Representatives and will be signed into law by the President. The Great Lakes Fishery Research Program ...

Throughout the United States, data centers are popping up like weeds, devouring water and electricity to fuel the unprecedented demand for AI training and inference. At the same time, water levels in ...