In the Great Lakes, NOAA data is used for everything from going out on a boat, fishing, swimming, coastal flooding.

The Great Lakes saw more than 50% ice coverage in February. As temperatures warm up, that percentage is falling quickly.

With the warm weather these past few days the ice on the Great Lakes is quickly receding. Here's a look at how the ice cover ...

The Great Lakes Compact, along with other binational agreements that protect the lakes, are at risk as Trump expands pressure ...

The final resting place of what was once the "safest ship afloat" was discovered after 132 years. Only one man, a wheelsman ...

Only one of the 27 people onboard the steel ship 'Western Reserve' survived when it vanished 132 years ago on Lake Superior ...

After a harrowing night at sea for the owner's family and crew members packed into a lifeboat, there was only one survivor.

Every shipwreck has its own story, but some are just that much more tragic,” said Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society ...

Using a remotely operated vehicle, teams were able to find the wreck of the Western Reserve steamship, which sank on Aug. 30, ...

The 300-foot "Western Reserve" sank in August 1892, killing 27 people after both lifeboats capsized. Harry W. Stewart, the ...

Great Lakes Central Railroad's lines run north from Ann Arbor to Cadillac, with branches to Thompsonville, Traverse City and ...