The Northern Hemisphere officially had its hottest summer on record, NOAA says
According to scientists, the three-month season from June through August 2020 was the Northern Hemisphere’s hottest meteorological summer, surpassing 2019 and 2016, which were previously tied for the hottest.
Enbridge allowed to resume Line 5 operations beneath Michigan's Straits of Mackinac
Enbridge said Wednesday it will fully resume operation of a Michigan Great Lakes oil pipeline after a partial shutdown this summer because of damage to a support structure.
Fires, hurricanes, triple-digit heat: Think 2020′s disasters are wild? Experts see worse in future
A record amount of California is burning, spurred by a nearly 20-year mega-drought. To the north, parts of Oregon that don’t usually catch fire are in flames.
Michigan's first case of West Nile virus reported in Wayne County
Michigan's first case of West Nile virus was reported in Wayne County.
Michigan's EGLE discusses dam failures, three months after Midland flooded
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy is holding a news conference to provide updates on the investigation into the Edenville and Sanford dam failures.
'Historic in nature:' Some California fires scorching earth at 1,000 acres an hour
Some fires burning in that area were eating up the earth as fast as 1,000 acres an hour.
Greenland lost 586 billion tons of ice in record melt last year
“Not only is the Greenland ice sheet melting, but it’s melting at a faster and faster pace,” said study lead author Ingo Sasgen, a geoscientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany.
Amazon rainforest continues to burn in 2020 despite promises to save it
This year, Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro pledged to control the burning. He imposed a four-month ban on most fires and sent in the army.
Blue-green pool of bubbling ooze in Troy raises toxic concerns from neighbors
Neighbors who live on Avery Street say that for years this has been an open area with a small house on it. But not too long ago, the land was sold, and a single-family home development is going up.
Meteorologists working to confirm 130-degree Death Valley temp
An automated measuring system in California’s Death Valley reported a temperature of 130 degrees (54.4 degrees Celsius) amid a blistering heat wave on Sunday, a reading that would be among the highest ever recorded globally if it is confirmed.
Ottawa County Sheriff officers rescue swimmers caught in Lake Michigan rip current
Two men have been rescued from Lake Michigan after they were caught in a rip current while swimming.
225 plots of DNR-owned land up for auction, including lakefront and forested parcels
About 225 plots of land ranging from half an acre to 40 acres are now for sale on the natural resources website.
A bald eagle downed an EGLE drone, sending it into Lake Michigan
An Upper Peninsula bald eagle launched an airborne attack on a drone operated by a Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) pilot last month, tearing off a propeller and sending the aircraft to the bottom of Lake Michigan
Toxic ooze cleanup cost off I-696 in Madison Heights is going up into the millions
Their months of studies have found there is no threat to the drinking water now or in the past, as the homes around the site get their water from the Detroit River.
Exploding stars responsible for half of the calcium in the universe, according to study
A global team of researchers examined a supernova in its final stages of life and discovered a historically large emission of calcium.
Canada's last intact ice shelf collapses due to warming
Canada's 4,000-year-old Milne Ice Shelf on the northwestern edge of Ellesmere Island had been the country's last intact ice shelf until the end of July when ice analyst Adrienne White of the Canadian Ice Service noticed that satellite photos showed that about 43% of it had broken off.
Harmful algal bloom advisory reported in Ford Lake
A harmful algal bloom advisory has been posted in Washtenaw County after evidence of toxic levels of bacteria were reported in Ford Lake.
FDA: 4 manufacturers to phase out potentially harmful substance commonly found in fast-food containers
The FDA announced that four manufacturers will start to phase-out a potentially harmful substance that is commonly found in fast-food containers, wrappers and pizza boxes.
Study projects plastic waste in oceans will triple by 2040 — but there's something we can do
A report created by Pew Charitable Trust and SystemIQ outlines a potential plan that, if implemented immediately, could eliminate plastic waste in oceans.
Wildfires rage in Arctic, sea ice melts amid Siberian heatwave
Officials said the Arctic is heating more than twice as fast as the global average.