Strouds Run State Park in Athens surrounds a pristine lake with ancient forest that creates an escape so complete, you’ll forget civilization exists just a few miles away. Let’s address something that ...

Meanwhile, the city is developing its first watershed plan, which is “pretty essential” for locating pollution sources and developing ways to combat them, said Katie Liming, Worcester’s coordinator of ...

From accusations of fire ants and hostile managers to exploding air conditioners and lakes filled with alligators, these ...

I looked outside and saw a huge billowing dark cloud over the bay and wondered if it was a storm cloud or from a fire. I opened the balcony door and immediately knew it was from a ...

Winter has officially tightened its grip on the Great Lakes. The latest numbers released on Feb. 3 confirm what many Michiganders have felt. Ice coverage across the Great Lakes has surged, driven by a ...

The arctic air mass entrenched over the Great Lakes has resulted in ice expansion across the lakes over the last several days. As of January 26, total ice coverage on the Great Lakes is about 43.2%.

FLORENCE — The weekend ice storm has produced reports of a rare phenomenon known as "exploding trees," although authorities said what likely is happening is popping caused by ice on trees.

After a deep freeze across the Great Lakes region, Lake Erie is nearly completed iced over and the rest of the lakes have seen significant increases in coverage. Researchers on Sunday, Jan. 25, ...

On a brisk January day with wind chills plunging to minus 25 degrees, Paul “Blade” Bloedorn stood out on nearly 2 feet of ice on Lake Michigan’s Little Bay de Noc. Last weekend, more than 400 shacks ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - There’s a viral claim going around that “exploding trees are possible in the Midwest and Northern Plains” this weekend as sub-zero temperatures creep in from the winter storm ...

Chip Murrow had never heard the term "exploding trees" in his 30 years as a forester for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Is there a danger of exploding trees in Iowa? And how does it happen?