This past May, biologists from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation found something that looked quite small and inconsequential to those of us who might only fish in the Great Lakes, but something that was huge and quite important to scientists like them that spend their entire lives staring into the into largest freshwater basin on the planet.

Researchers at the University of Michigan and Michigan State University have been awarded $5.4 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to continue their study of climate change and variability risks in the larger Great Lakes region for the next five years.

MANITOWOC – Community leaders are celebrating the creation of the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary this weekend along with the national leader of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The source of the rust-colored liquid is unknown but all Indiana Dunes National Park beaches are closed until further notice.