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6 lakes larger than Rhode Island in the US: Lake Huron and Lake Michigan are nearly 15 times larger

Rhode Island may be the smallest state in the United States by area, but comparing it with some of North America’s largest lakes makes it seem even tinier. The state covers just 1,214 square miles, which is surprisingly small once you realise that six freshwater lakes in or partly connected…

The Times of India

10 deepest lakes in the United States: From Crater Lake to Seneca Lake

The deepest lakes in the United States are scattered across very different landscapes. Some sit inside volcanic craters, some stretch through glacial valleys, and others form part of the vast inland freshwater system bordering Canada. Depth alone does not always make these lakes visually dramatic. A few appear almost still…

The Times of India

Millions of farmers in Africa’s Great Lakes region face rising temperatures. Study predicts how crop disease and pests could spread

Farming in the Great Lakes region of Africa (which includes Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Kenya) is challenging because of changing environments and ongoing social and political tensions. These tensions include conflict over resources. As a result, agricultural productivity is low and there’s a high…

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Top 10 cleanest lakes in the US: ‘Lake Superior’ tops the list

Many travellers and nature lovers see clear water as a sign of a thriving ecosystem. Specific bodies of water across the United States stand out for their pristine conditions. This isn't just about looks; these rankings use scientific measures such as turbidity, dissolved oxygen, and nutrient levels to identify the…

The Times of India

Supreme Court rules for Michigan in its fight to shut down an aging energy pipeline

The Supreme Court has sided with Michigan in ruling that the state’s lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of an aging pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel will stay in state court

The Independent UK

Why did Michelin snub St Paul in its guide to the best restaurants in the Great Lakes region?

Critics warn smaller and immigrant-run restaurants risk being overlooked as city-funded deal shapes dining map

The Guardian - US

Demand for hydropower surges as Trump clamps down on clean energy

Home to one of the world’s largest deposits of freshwater, the Great Lakes region will soon host next-generation generators – just as prices are being hiked across the US

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Massive salt mine 1,800 ft under Lake Erie works overtime to meet winter road demands

Many municipalities have already depleted their typical winter salt reserves, which usually last well into spring

The Independent UK

First to bike on all five Great Lakes: One army veteran’s extreme winter cycling feat

Battling subzero windchills, cracking ice and mechanical failures, Eric McKinney became the first rider to bike across lakes Erie, Ontario, Huron, Michigan and Superior

Cycling Weekly

PFAS are turning up in the Great Lakes, putting fish and water supplies at risk – here’s how they get there

No matter where you live in the United States, you have likely seen headlines about PFAS being detected in everything from drinking water to fish to milk to human bodies.

The Conversation

The MCU might slowly be assembling the weirdest Avengers team ever

The MCU is quietly introducing the members of the Great Lakes Avengers

Total Film

Michael Schumacher, acclaimed author of biographies of Coppola and Clapton, dies at 75

His daughter confirmed that her father passed away on December 29

The Independent UK

Extreme Midwest cold follows storm that barreled across Great Lakes and Northeast

Now comes the cold

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Americans face New Year’s Eve travel chaos and ‘whiteout’ conditions as winter storms bring more snow and rain

Two more storms were forecast later this week, with rain on New Year’s Day potentially soaking the Rose Parade in Pasadena for the first time in about two decades

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Winter storm snarls U.S. holiday travel across Northeast, Great Lakes

More than a thousand flights were canceled or delayed across the Northeast and Great Lakes as a winter storm disrupted one of the busiest travel weekends of the year between Christmas and New Year’s

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s an open invasion’: how millions of quagga mussels changed Lake Geneva for ever

The molluscs are decimating food chains in Switzerland, have devastated the Great Lakes in North America, and this week were spotted in Northern Ireland for the first time

The Independent UK

Federal judge blocks Whitmer from shutting down submerged Great Lakes pipeline

A federal judge has blocked Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from revoking an easement that allows Enbridge to run an oil pipeline through a Great Lakes channel

The Guardian - US

Water levels across the Great Lakes are falling – just as US data centers move in

Region struggling with drought now threatened by energy-hungry facilities – but some residents are fighting back

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The Independent UK

Some Native Americans draw shocked response over contract to design immigration detention centers

The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation that was uprooted from the Great Lakes region in the 1830s is facing widespread outrage over plans to profit from another forced removal

The Independent UK

Crews restoring power in Wisconsin while Iowa airport tries to reopen after plane left icy runway

Utility crews are working to restore power to thousands of people in Wisconsin, the consequence of a weekend storm in the Great Lakes region that brought down power lines

The Independent UK

Great Lakes region preparing for bad weather as lake-effect snowfall ingredients begin mixing

Cold air is sweeping across the Great Lakes region, bringing lake-effect snow from Michigan's Upper Peninsula to Western New York

The Guardian - US

Floridians warned about falling iguanas as wintry weather hits eastern US

Cold and snow take hold in eastern two-thirds of the US, from the Great Lakes to Florida and Texas

The Independent UK

Without the song, 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' may have been largely forgotten

Without Gordon Lightfoot’s song, the Edmund Fitzgerald could have faded from memory along with the names of the roughly 6,500 other ships that went down in the Great Lakes before it

The Independent UK

'The legend lives on': Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald still resonates 50 years later

November 10th marks the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, perhaps the most famous of all the estimated 6,500 ships that have gone down in the Great Lakes

Radio France Internationale

Over €1.5 billion pledged for Africa's Great Lakes region at Paris conference

At the close of an international conference in Paris on the Great Lakes region, French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that €1.5 billion has been pledged in aid. Meanwhile the airport in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, will reopen to humanitarian flights.

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