As of March 16, average ice cover across the lakes was roughly 13.5%. Lake Superior was at 9.2%, and Lake Michigan was at ...

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

Image credit: NOAA/ESRL (left) and NOAA/GLERL (right). The Great Lakes ice season typically begins in the shallow, protected bays like Green Bay and Saginaw Bay as we see this year in Figure 1.

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 ...

Federal regulation (33 CFR 207.440) establishes the operating season based on the Great Lakes ice conditions. The Locks closed for the 2024 season on January 16, for repairs and maintenance which ...

During the peak shipping season, the Great Lakes region has well over 100 bulk carrier, self-unloading, straight-deck ...

This Great Lakes ice season has proven to be much better than the past few years — in fact, it's been relatively normal. So far, the 2024-'25 ice season has measured up to the slightly below to ...