Articles for tag: Great Lakes water

Michigan Scientists Realize the State Has a Sixth Great Lake

New research and state analysis are reframing Michigan’s groundwater as one interconnected system, large enough to rival a Great Lake. Michiganders know them by heart: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario. Five Great Lakes. Five inland seas. A fifth of the world’s surface fresh water. But according to state scientists, Michigan is anchored by something just ...