WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The International Joint Commission issued the following news release: * * * Great Lakes Water Levels Boards - Winter Update 2024-2025 The Great Lakes Water Levels Boards of the International Joint Commission include the International Lake Superior Board of Control, International Niagara Board of Control, and International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board. The Boards are providing this notice to summarize winter operations and current water level conditions. Regula  more

BUFFALO, New York, Feb. 25 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * UB summer research program to examine WNY climate and extreme weather events, including 2022 blizzard Undergraduate students will study climate hazards both near and far BUFFALO, N.Y. -- What role did a lack of ice on Lake Erie play in Buffalo's 2022 blizzard? What are the chances that wildfire smoke from Canada will make its way to Western New York again? Graduate  more

BUFFALO, New York, Feb. 23 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: Will Lake Erie completely freeze over? Joe Atkinson, director of the Great Lakes Program at UB, weighs in By Cory Nealon BUFFALO, N.Y. - Lake Erie, the shallowest of the five Great Lakes, last froze over in 1996. With ice covering more than 95% of the lake on Thursday, and continued winter weather in the forecast, could the meteorological marvel happen in 2025? "It's ce  more