"Thirteen point two." One scientist calls out the measurement; another jots it down in her data sheet. It's hot and stuffy in the lab, and the pungent smell of seaweed is inescapable as the team sits for hours at a black ...
Environment
Jun 20, 2019
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Whale researchers in New England believe they've found a new way to measure the amount of stress felt by whales when they experience traumas such as entanglements in fishing gear, and they say the technique could help protect ...
Plants & Animals
May 29, 2019
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An international research team led by invasion ecologist Bethany Bradley at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has conducted the first global meta-analysis of the characteristics and size of invasive alien species' impacts ...
Ecology
Apr 29, 2019
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More than a dozen wild bee species critical to pollinating everything from blueberries to apples in New England are on the decline, according to a new study.
Ecology
Apr 18, 2019
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Nearly 30 years ago, Harvard Forest scientists began a unique, long-running experiment on a 2-acre forest tract using a long steel cable, a winch, and a heavy-duty logging vehicle called a skidder.
Earth Sciences
Mar 27, 2019
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Land conservation modestly increases employment rates, a traditional indicator of economic growth, according to an analysis of New England cities and towns, led by scientists at Amherst College, Harvard Forest, the Highstead ...
Ecology
Mar 26, 2019
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A timeworn laboratory in Britain's Royal Botanic Gardens may not seem like the obvious epicentre of efforts to halt international illegal logging.
Environment
Mar 6, 2019
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Scientists who work with live organisms often have to move them between locations. This requires knowing what conditions creatures can tolerate well, and also can involve some unusual packing challenges. Here three researchers ...
Ecology
Jan 25, 2019
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Rescuers who respond to distressed whales and other marine animals say the federal government shutdown is making it more difficult to do their work.
Ecology
Jan 23, 2019
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Firefighters, legislators, and residents on the East Coast should watch carefully the way their California counterparts are dealing with wildfires tearing through the state. The combined forces that brought about the blaze ...
Environment
Nov 16, 2018
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