Headlines focus on international agreements, sea levels, melting ice, and superstorms, but climate change is most of all an energy problem. Burning fossil fuels to power our cars and heat our homes produces carbon dioxide ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 6, 2016
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The United States is trying to broker an agreement between a host of nations to prohibit unregulated fishing in the international waters of the Arctic Ocean.
Ecology
Oct 6, 2016
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An animal rescue team has captured a manatee that repeatedly had been spotted off Cape Cod, far from its usual Florida haunts.
Ecology
Sep 22, 2016
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New methods at University of Oslo have made it possible to determine the Atlantic cod´s gender genetically. This could increase profits on cod in aquaculture.
Biotechnology
Sep 2, 2016
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The sequencing of the Atlantic cod genome in 2011 demonstrated that this species lacks a crucial part of its immune system. In a follow-up study, Kjetill S. Jakobsen and collaborators have investigated a large number of additional ...
Biotechnology
Aug 30, 2016
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Little did Charles Dickens know when he penned "Barnaby Rudge" in 1840 that the name of his character Dolly Varden would spawn the moniker for a red-spotted trout. Following the book's publication, a "Dolly Varden"came to ...
Ecology
Aug 17, 2016
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Southern New England lobster fishermen might have to start throwing back smaller lobsters in an attempt to stem population losses.
Ecology
Jul 31, 2016
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In recent decades, the plight of Atlantic cod off the coast of New England has been front-page news. Since the 1980s in particular, the once-seemingly inexhaustible stocks of Gadus morhua—one of the most important fisheries ...
Ecology
Jul 27, 2016
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It's shark season on the East Coast.
Ecology
Jul 27, 2016
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From drones and smartphone apps to old-school flags and signs, a growing great white shark population along the East Coast has officials and researchers turning to responses both high- and low-tech to ensure safety for millions ...
Ecology
May 30, 2016
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