According to the Cape Cod Times of April 30, 2013: "The Massachusetts Army National Guard's Natural Resource Program is conducting a prescribed burn at the Upper Cape base.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

May 01, 2013 2 / 5 (2) 0

The greatest threat of a tsunami for the U.S. east coast from a nearby offshore earthquake stretches from the coast of New England to New Jersey, according to John Ebel of Boston College, who presented his findings today ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 19, 2013 4.5 / 5 (6) 0

(Phys.org) —Ecologists are wary of non-native species, but along the shores of Cape Cod where grass-eating crabs have been running amok and destroying the marsh, an invasion of a predatory green crabs has ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 03, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

Bracing against -10 degree Celsius temperatures in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Brookhaven atmospheric chemist Stephen Springston and his team recently completed a one-week restaging of two portable atmospheric ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Mar 08, 2013 not rated yet 0

Cape Cod, Massachusetts has a problem. The iconic salt marshes of the famous summer retreat are melting away at the edges, dying back from the most popular recreational areas. The erosion is a consequence ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 25, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

A 16-foot great white shark named Mary Lee is among those who like calling North Carolina home.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 23, 2013 not rated yet 0

(AP)—One of the most endangered whales in the world has washed up dead on a beach in northeast Florida.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Dec 19, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 0

(AP)—The scientists and fishermen on board the Ocearch, a repurposed crabbing vessel, received word that their scouting boat had hooked a great white shark, sparking a flurry of activity.

Biology - Ecology

Sep 18, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

US scientists are to investigate what led 22 whales to beach themselves in Florida—killing 17 of them—one of three such incidents in North America over the weekend.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 02, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 3

(AP)—A new underwater explorer has hit the seas armed with cameras, strobes and sonar and charged with being a protector of sorts to the valuable Atlantic scallop catch.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Sep 02, 2012 2 / 5 (3) 0

A University of Connecticut researcher and his team have discovered that a species of tiny aquatic organism prominent in harmful algal blooms sometimes called "red tide" is even deadlier than first thought, with potential ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jul 23, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

Recreational fishing is a major contributor to the rapid decline of important salt marshes along Cape Cod because it strips top predators such as striped bass, blue crabs, and smooth dogfish out of the ecosystem, according ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 11, 2012 3.7 / 5 (3) 0

(AP) -- There's no good spot on Cape Cod for dolphins to continue this winter's massive and unexplained beachings, but a group of 11 has chosen one of the worst.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 16, 2012 not rated yet 0

If you take a quick glance at the marsh next to Saquatucket Harbor in Harwich Port, Mass., you will notice right away that some of the grass is missing. The cordgrass there, and all around Cape Cod, has been slowly disappearing ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 27, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

(AP) -- After eight years of review, the future of a controversial wind farm off Cape Cod now rests in what would seem to be friendly hands - an Obama administration that's pledged to make the U.S. "the world's ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Jan 25, 2010 2.7 / 5 (3) 2