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The Great Lakes dominate this true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image. Lake Superior covers the upper left corner. Beneath it is Lake Michigan, and to the right is Lake Huron. Under Lake Huron is Lake Erie (left) and Lake Ontario (right). The pale blue swirls in Lake Michigan are probably caused by a phytoplankton bloom or calcium carbonate (chalk) from the lake's limestone floor. Concrete-grey patches mark the locations of several cities throughout the Great Lakes region.

Innovation, education, community-building highlight growth council’s final report

One of the key challenges identified is that Michigan's population has only grown a little under 9% since 1980, while the country as a whole has grown by more than 45%.

President signs Great Lakes mapping bill into law

President Donald Trump has signed legislation to update maps of environmentally sensitive areas of the Great Lakes.The legislation prioritizes and updates…

The Legends Tower would rise 1,907 feet above Oklahoma City, putting an exclamation mark on the city's skyline.

In a few years, the nation's tallest building may not be in New York or Chicago

The Legends Tower, proposed for Oklahoma City, would stretch to 1,907 feet, a number chosen to commemorate the year Oklahoma became a state.

Tropical Storm Ian is predicted to strengthen into a hurricane once again as it moves over the Atlantic Ocean, before making a new landfall in South Carolina on Friday.

Ian will likely hit South Carolina as a hurricane, forecasters say

Tropical Storm Ian, weakened by its devastating trip across the Florida peninsula, is expected to regain strength over the Atlantic Ocean.

A lobsterman paddles out to his boat in a harbor in Maine.

This fishing gear can help save whales. What will it take for fishermen to use it?

On both the East and West coasts, whales are at risk of being entangled and injured by ropes used by fishermen. Fishing grounds are being closed, but new technology could help avoid that.

Crude Oil Catastrophes Part 2: "A Perfect Storm"

In 2013, a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. The dangers of oil trains are part of the controversy around Enbridge Line 5 — a pipeline running through the Straits of Mackinac. In part two of this series, we look at the risks of transporting crude oil by rail.

What a 1968 Columbia University protester makes of today's pro-Palestinian encampment

A college professor who protested the Vietnam War in 1968 compares her experiences with the pro-Palestinian protests currently happening at Columbia University.

U.S. goes after Mexican cartel leaders' drug profits in fight against fentanyl

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen unveiled new financial sanctions against La Nueva Familia Michoacana, part of a Biden administration effort to target and seize fentanyl profits.

Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist says lessons learned during the COVID-19 crisis will be applied to improve access to health care in urban and rural parts of Michigan. Gilchrist chaired a task force that looked at race disparities in the impact of COVID-19.

Whitmer cabinet out selling health care plan

Members of Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s administration are out this summer trying to build support for recommendations from a task force to close race disparities in health care.

"Defend, deny and delay," is how attorney Ven Johnson (center) describes the state of Michigan's legal strategy to civil lawsuits tied to the May, 2020 dam failures and floods in Gladwin and Midland counties.

Attorneys for 2020 flood victims urge government lawyers to stop delaying civil lawsuits

On May 19, 2020, the aging Sanford and Edenville dams failed, as heavy rains swelled local rivers. The ensuing torrent of water forced thousands of people downstream to flee their homes.

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