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A new map makes it possible to get a glimpse of the Great Lakes' currents right from your computer.
The Great Lakes of North America have long been informally called “inland seas,” and looking at this animated map of lake currents from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great ...
Thanks to an online map, you can take a closer look at Great Lakes shipwrecks, as well as boating acess sites, diving information and each boat's history.
The Great Lakes mapping effort will pinpoint hundreds of shipwrecks, illuminate topographical features and identify fisheries, a marine scientist said.
The Great Lakes, which nearly 40 million people in the United States and Canada depend on for drinking water, have already taken a beating from climate change.
Only a fraction of the Great Lakes' bottom has been mapped, and those low-resolution charts were completed decades ago, according to the Great Lakes Observing System. The organization has been ...
For over a century, the United States and Canada have worked in tandem to manage four of the five Great Lakes that straddle both countries: Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario.
A new interactive map offers a chance to learn about the mystery surrounding shipwrecks in the Great Lakes.
Only 15 per cent of the lakes' bottom has been mapped, according to the Great Lakes Observing System. The organization has been pushing since 2018 to secure funding to map the entire lakebed in ...
A team of researchers from the Université de Montréal led by professor Roxane Maranger created this first ever “social-ecological” map of Canada’s lakes. To do this, the team examined three data ...
About one-quarter of the estimated 6,000 wrecks found throughout the Great Lakes are in Michigan waters, according to the Department of Natural Resources.
Now you can study the sunken ships of the Great Lakes without leaving your armchair or getting wet, thanks to the Michigan Shipwrecks StoryMap. The cold, fresh waters of the Great Lakes are ...