Blooming Lake Erie. Photo Credit: NASA EO Pure Michigan is a slogan used in the Great Lakes State, to bring in tourists and celebrate the beauty of nature. You probably won't be seeing these images in any Pure Michigan ad campaign. They're of algae,

Bloody red shrimp are invasive, but yummy for some native Great Lakes fish. A first-time find by Canadian researchers.

The availability and quality of fresh water to sustain a radically urbanizing world is unquestionably a core issue of our time and requires holistic environmental thinking at an unprecedented scale

It's been forty years since Nixon and Trudeau signed the original; it's time for an update.

Sometimes the best way to get an idea of the scale of something is to change the context.

Exfoliating body wash may make you clean, but it's making the lake water dirty.

This long, cold winter has created the most ice cover on the Great Lakes in 20 years—and with ice cover usually at its peak in mid-March, there's still time for records to be broken.

It led to a series of other agreements that protected and cleaned up the Great Lakes environment

Do international treaties mean anything when America needs fresh water?

Load up the Krug and the caviar and go for a spin.

Humans dump millions of tons of phosphorus into lakes every year, and it's destroying their ecosystems.

Check out these photos of a surprise 10-mile lake that popped up in Death Valley, California.

The International Joint Commission has developed a strategy for how U.S. and Canadian governments can address this toxic problem.

Lake Michigan alone receives the equivalent of 100 Olympic-sized pools full of plastic bottles each year.

And it's not just lefty TreeHuggers who are outraged; Everybody is in on this war of words

Even if the label says 'biodegradable,' please don't do it.

Plastic is often thought of as an ocean contaminant, but it's in our freshwater lakes, too.

A triumphant win for Toledo residents means that the Great Lake's wellbeing is now an official top priority.

But others consider it a good opportunity to reevaluate agricultural practices.

The “Los Lagos Region” is home to many breathtaking vistas.

This stunning park isn't as famous as Banff and Jasper, but it has every reason to be.

After two years of pressing pipeline regulators to release inspection photos and videos of the 60-year-old Enbridge pipeline that carries tar sands oil through the Straits of Mackinac, NWF took it upon themselves to inspect the pipeline.

Our photo of the day delivers a bit of winter reverie from the waters of Australia.

Researchers concluded that the spill probably doesn't pose a significant environmental risk, but the ash contained heavy metals like arsenic, lead and mercury.

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With his fourth solo album the acclaimed producer faces down the confusion of modern life with intoxicating calm

Blake Mills has picked up Grammy nominations for his production work on Laura Marling’s Semper Femina, John Legend’s Darkness and Light and Perfume Genius’s No Shape. However, the fourth solo album by the 33-year old Californian former touring guitarist should turn the spotlight towards his own work. Mutable Set is intended as a “soundtrack to the emotional dissonance of modern life”. Themes range from precious people and experiences to disappointment and isolation, though this isn’t conventional singer-songwriter fare.

Boston Legal actress Lake Bell's five-year-old daughter has been diagnosed with epilepsy.

Bell and her husband Scott Campbell, discovered the news a few months ago but the actress has just come to terms with the diagnosis, reports aceshowbiz.com.

She wrote on Instagram: "My daughter has epilepsy. It's taken me a few months to gather the courage to post about it because I do not want to endorse it's existence."

"I also didn't know why I should share it. Why tell a bunch of strangers? however in a time where we are so isolated I crave community. We all do. We want to be reminded we are not alone in any reality.

"And above all, I am grateful... Grateful to have a partner in @scottcampbell who, with his research and smarts, is giving these seizures a worthy adversary. Scott and I, along with the care of the incomparable @childrensla, will conquer them."

She added "For Nova... so she doesn't have to cry in fear after she gets sucked into one. They are like invaders, that come on without invitation nor warning. We will fight for Nova. For her future. For tomorrow. For today."

Bell said it's the beginning of a "long journey and I want/need to remember that I am not alone. And if you are dealing with a loved one with epilepsy, I get it... You are not alone."

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Hollywood actress Blake Lively will be soon seen in a post-apocalyptic thriller about a woman fighting for the survival of her family. For the film, Lively teams up with director Shawn Levy. Titled Dark Days At The Magna Carta, it will stream on Netflix, reports hollywoodreporter.com.

Netflix is working on the project with an aim to create a trilogy. Michael Paisley is on board to write the screenplay. Lively will also back the movie through her B For Effort banner along with Kate Vorhoff. Levy will produce via his 21 Laps banner with partner Dan Cohen.

While the details are being kept a secret, it is being described as "a character-driven thriller set against a catastrophic event and centres on a woman going to extreme lengths to survive and save her family".

Paisley was the one who came up with the story. She started conceptualising the story last year, but the ideas took form when the pandemic began around the world, including the US. The story is not related to a contagion, but "a world-altering event is a key foil and themes of isolation and strength of family emerge".

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Facebook last month poured in Rs 43,574 crore for a 9.99 per cent stake in India's oil-retail-telecom conglomerate-led Jio Platforms -- the largest investment for a minority stake by a tech giant.

Amidst coronavirus pandemic affecting business growth prospects in India and denting profit margins, Reliance Jio attracted major investments to a tune of Rs 60,596.37 crore.

Nitrogen run-off from farming and other land uses was threatening to undermine the pristine waters of Lake Taupo – New Zealand’s largest and most iconic lake – and to damage a range of economic and cultural activities. In 2011, the regional government introduced a water quality policy package. This bold policy experiment is unique: it is the only trading programme or market where diffuse sources of pollution operate under a cap.

Our ‘Round on the Links’ quiz tests your ability to draw connections. Thinking caps on!

Weeks after Facebook invested $5.7 billion in Jio Platforms, India’s top telecom operator, private equity firm Silver Lake is following suit — and is willing to pay a premium for it. Silver Lake announced on Monday it will be investing 56.56 billion Indian rupees (about $746.8 million) in Jio Platforms for about 1.15% stake in the Indian […]

Weeks after Facebook invested $5.7 billion in Jio Platforms, India’s top telecom operator, private equity firm Silver Lake is following suit — and is willing to pay a premium for it. Silver Lake announced on Monday it will be investing 56.56 billion Indian rupees (about $746.8 million) in Jio Platforms for about 1.15% stake in the Indian […]

Laverne Cox looked incredible as she joined Gigi Gorgeous and Nats Getty at the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors basketball game on Wednesday.

Few of the athletes competing at the European Indoor Championships will have had to factor in room for textbooks in their luggage but Morgan Lake is making sure her school grades don’t suffer.

The 39-year-old musician and 52-year-old actor were slimed during the 2016 Kids' Choice Awards held at the fabulous Forum in Inglewood, California on Saturday.

The  23-year-old singer appeared briefly in a sketch with host Blake Shelton where she jokingly told the country crooner that he could not be a part of her 'squad,' which includes Swift.

On Friday, Blake Shelton, 39, indirectly called out his relationship with Voice co-star Gwen Stefani in a promotional video for this past weekend's Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards.

There, the 39-year-old singer was giving his first performance away from *NSYNC, and the former Saturday Night Live cast member was the evening's host making them both feel jittery backstage.

George and Amal Clooney was left panicked after a plumbing disaster left the pool at this £26 million Italian mansion ice-cold ahead of Barack Obama's visit over the weekend.

George Clooney enjoyed some downtime with his friends as he headed out for dinner with Ben Weiss for the evening, in Lake Como on Wednesday.

George and Amal Clooney continued their relaxing Italian getaway as they headed for dinner with Amal's mother Baria and friends at the Villa D'este hotel on Sunday.

MasterChef Australia is a ratings winner for Channel 10, so it comes as no surprise that rival networks want to replicate the show in some way. 

He's less than two months away from celebrating seven years of marriage to Jessica Biel, with whom he raises four-year-old son Silas.

The feat placed him above celebrity competitors Michael Pena, Dennis Quaid, Anthony Mackie, professional golfer Rory McIlroy and One Direction star Niall.

The singer indulged in one of his other passions as he played golf on the Old Course at St Andrews at the preview for the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Tuesday.

Kate Beckinsale, 46, showed off her sensational sense of style in the two-toned trousers while enjoying the basketball game between Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday.

Fans were left shocked when he was eliminated from Love Island Australia last week. 

The clip, posted online by Brooke Vance, from Glasgow, shows a Flake bar smoking and turning charred like a piece of wood or coal as it's blasted by a blow torch, but not a drop turns to goo,.

'I am back, and this is my season to win!' the No Doubt rocker, 49, declared on Wednesday.  'And then to be with my best friend Blakey... I feel pretty lucky right now.' The Voice bows on September 23..