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Every year, from August until the end of September, an oxygen-depleted "dead zone" develops in the deep, frigid water of Lake Erie, threatening the drinking water for millions of Northeast Ohioans ...

Lake Erie's ecological calamities occur under different conditions, a new study finds. The lake's central dead zones are most strongly linked to drought years, when rivers that bring water into ...

Dead alewife fish line the Lake Erie shores due to excessive ice cover over winter.

A 70-year-old man found dead last week in Lake Erie has been identified as Dave VanZandt, an underwater explorer who went missing while diving to a recently-discovered shipwreck, authorities and ...

To that end, the researchers found a 45% decrease in runoff to the Gulf will result in a 4%–5% increase in runoff to Lake Erie and the Chesapeake Bay.

The Ohio Division of Wildlife is predicting an excellent fishing season for Lake Erie. Here's what to know about fishing opportunities.

It’s unclear how long it might take to cut the Canadian freighter Manitoulin out of the Lake Erie ice, which is thick this year.

Samuel Ickes Jr. disappeared in Lake Erie and was later found dead, officials said. Screengrab from Mckenzie Bryant's Facebook post Days after a 21-year-old dad fell overboard while boating on ...

The acrid smell many folks detected around Erie earlier this week was likely due to Lake Erie releasing trapped gasses from its depths, according to Pennsylvania Department of Environmental ...

An Ohio man suffered a fatal diving accident while diving on a "newly found shipwreck" in Lake Erie. David VanZandt's body was recovered by authorities on Saturday.