Another surge of above-average temperatures is expected for much of next week throughout the Midwest and Northeast—although ...

In a special report, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin examines how federal cuts could impact invasive species monitoring on Lake ...

ALPENA, Michigan-Ken McQuarrie grew up two blocks from Thunder Bay, in Alpena, where his dad and uncles were divers. One uncle explored shipwrecks in ...

Maps show where extreme humidity and 90- or 100-degree temperatures will affect about 255 million people across the United ...

Lake Huron has an average depth of 195 feet and a maximum depth of 750 feet, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — Severe cuts proposed at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) would shutter a Great Lakes data network which aids fishermen and helps forecast threats ...

The bill requires NOAA to complete a collaborative effort to survey and map the lakebeds of the Great Lakes by December 31, 2030. This mapping effort will focus on obtaining high-resolution data ...

The agency has been spearheading efforts to map the bottom of all the Great Lakes for several years. Less than 15% of the lakebeds have been mapped in high-resolution.

The kind of science done by NOAA is technically demanding, so it remains to be seen what will happen. NOAA has been spearheading efforts to map the bottom of the Great Lakes.

There is a 40-50% chance that there will be more precipitation this spring in the Northwest, Great Lakes and interior Northeast, in addition to the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys, NOAA reports.

There is an 80–90 percent chance of above-average temperatures across the Central U.S., with a 90–100 percent probability in the Midwest and Great Lakes states.