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An annual summer energy appraisal by the Michigan Public Service Commission says high gas and diesel prices aren't going away soon, due to "geopolitical pressures," especially the war against Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Today, a new episode of "Beyond the Shore." Plus, what funding cuts at NOAA might mean for research being done on the Great Lakes. And, how local governments across Michigan are handling large-scale battery projects.

Michigan saw a period of drought this winter, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. It’s among several Midwestern states experiencing dry periods.

Johnna Infanti is a meteorologist at NOAA's Climate Prediction Center and the author of the latest Fall and Winter Outlook report. She says 2025-2026 may be a wet winter.

NOAA is predicting the annual cyanobacterial bloom on the western end of Lake Erie will be mild to moderate this summer. Cyanobacteria is not currently detectable by satellite in western Lake Erie. But it is expected to begin forming next month.

An experimental forecasting method developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could help warn of approaching toxins from algal blooms in Lake Erie.

One of many institutes at risk is the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research based at the University of Michigan. It's partly funded by NOAA to research invasive species, extreme weather, and toxic cyanobacterial blooms.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been targeted in the most recent round of federal firings.Of the hundreds of NOAA staff who were fired on Thursday, eight were from the Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab in Ann Arbor.

In September of 1894, five sailors lost their lives when a schooner barge, the Ironton, had a catastrophic collision with the steamer Ohio in what was known as Lake Huron’s “Shipwreck Alley.”

A federal grant allows the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research at the University of Michigan to expand the scope of its research.