If the Great Lakes behaved like gigantic mixing bowls, then water, sediments and pollutants would be evenly distributed and even large concentrations of pollutants would turn up only in tiny ...

The Great Lakes form the planet’s largest freshwater system. They hold one-fifth of all fresh water on Earth’s surface and supply drinking water for over 30 million people across the eight neighboring ...

Fall is the season when evaporation is the highest over the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes usually start their seasonal water level decrease in August. The August heat warms the Great Lakes water to ...