The deep freshwater reservoir hidden beneath the Great Salt Lake

A potentially huge underground reservoir of freshwater beneath the Great Salt Lake is coming into sharper focus with a new study that used airborne electromagnetic (AEM) surveys to X-ray geologic ...

Early photos of enslaved people in 1850 head home from Harvard to South Carolina museum

Descendants of a father and daughter featured in what are believed to be the first photographs taken of enslaved people say they are happy their family members are ...

After legal battle with Harvard, woman’s quest to reclaim images of enslaved ancestors culminates in public museum display

The 15 daguerreotypes, the earliest known images of enslaved people in the United States, were unveiled Wednesday at the ...

Historic Slavery Photos Get ‘Final Resting Place’ After Long Fight With Harvard

The images of a father known as Renty and his daughter Delia were honored today in a ceremony by their new steward, a museum in South Carolina.
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Data Centers Push Great Lakes Region to the Brink

The rise of data centers supporting the AI boom is expected to increase energy demand by 2 to 3 percent annually in the Great Lakes region, stressing local grids and raising consumer costs. The ...
The Boston Globe

Lake Erie was almost completely frozen over. Then a massive 90-mile crack split the ice in two.

Nearly all of Lake Erie has frozen over from this winter’s plunging Arctic outbreaks. But on Sunday, a massive, roughly 80-mile-long crack formed on this colossal sheet of ice, and satellite images ...
WSMV

Satellite captures massive 80-mile fracture splitting Lake Erie ice

LAKE ERIE (WSMV) - A massive crack in Lake Erie was captured by satellite on Sunday. GOES-East imagery revealed the roughly 80-mile-long fracture stretching from Port Burwell, Canada, to near ...
Chicago Tribune

Restaurant review: Great Lake, reincarnated as a grocery and bakery, still makes profound pizza in Chicago

Great Lake makes the most profound and puzzling pizza in Chicago, but it is not a pizzeria. It’s a small grocer and small bakery, said Nick Lessins, co-owner and co-operator with Lydia Esparza. The ...
Yahoo

Lake Erie is nearly frozen solid: Satellite view shows ice cover hovering above 95%

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Clear skies over the Great Lakes gave satellites a crisp look at Lake Erie’s rapidly expanding ice cover and the shallowest Great Lake is now within striking distance of a complete ...
Newsweek

Satellite Images Show Great Lakes Ice Up Amid ‘Bitter Cold’

Satellite time-lapse imagery has captured "extensive" ice growth across the Great Lakes, according to the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) and the National Oceanic and ...
CBS News

Ice coverage surges across Great Lakes; Lake Erie over 95% covered in ice

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 ...