As Michigan’s climate warms, tree species like red pine and eastern white pine may no longer thrive here. Their native regions are moving north faster than forests can keep up with.
For the first decade, the erosion caused by waves wearing away at beaches and dunes in annual cycles was manageable. Then the water started rising.
Smoke from Canadian wildfires worsened air quality in the eastern U.S. on Wednesday as several Midwestern states battled conditions deemed unhealthy by the federal government.
The Great Lakes has officially entered a new climate era, and the past is no longer a reliable guide for the future.
Storms swept through Michigan overnight—leaving scores of trees down and thousands of homes without power.
In Michigan, it only takes a sunny afternoon, a yard full of dead leaves and one bad decision to turn spring cleaning into a wildfire.
Proposed federal budget cuts could cripple the ability of Michigan forecasters to monitor extreme weather and climate shifts, researchers warn.
A whopping 280,000 Canada geese now live in Michigan. That means a lot of goose poop and too much waste can cause environmental problems.
In the quest to make apple trees more resilient in a warming climate, some Michigan researchers are looking for a late bloomer.
Pollution from coal-based steel production causes hundreds of premature deaths each year, with people in Southeast Michigan and elsewhere in the Great Lakes region bearing much of the burden, according to a recent report.
