NOAA Great Lakes Region

NOAA and partners are launching a new pilot project to develop methods for integrating equity into planning decisions and to make transportation systems in southeast Michigan more resilient to flooding impacts from climate change.

Pursuant to the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, Canada and the United States, together with their many partners, have established a suite of 9 indicators of ecosystem health to assess the state of the Great Lakes. This report provides an overview of the status and trends of the Great Lakes ecosystem.

Learn about the work of the Climate Change Impacts Annex of the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (Annex 9), including the annual climate trends and impacts summary for the Great Lakes basin.

Declining offshore productivity in Lakes Michigan and Huron has been a multi-decadal trend causing scientists to investigate and evaluate the importance of nearshore primary productivity in supporting the lakes’ fisheries. This new modeling system improves the ability to collect environmental information that can support effective management strategies,