As Hurricane Florence approaches the U.S. coast, over a million people have been ordered to evacuate from barrier islands and low-lying areas from South Carolina to Virginia. Precautions like this have been part of common ...
Environment
Sep 13, 2018
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Isaac Ginis said that it is notoriously difficult to forecast hurricanes in New England. When storms move north, they develop a more complex wind structure than those remaining in the Southeast and Gulf of Mexico, their paths ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 10, 2018
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A new report by social scientists at NOAA Fisheries reveals that viewing or photographing the ocean was the top activity for ocean lovers in the U.S. in number of participants, days spent, and how much people paid to do it.
Environment
Sep 7, 2018
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When she set out to understand whether climate changes over the past century might be effecting how much insects were eating various plants, Emily Meineke decided to go straight to the source—the plants themselves.
Ecology
Sep 4, 2018
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A Massachusetts living history museum that depicts life in the early 19th century is looking to overhaul the way it presents the past in an effort to stay relevant to a 21st century audience.
Archaeology
Aug 29, 2018
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Imagine stepping back in time, before the first Europeans arrived, into the forests of New England more than 500 years ago.
Environment
Aug 1, 2018
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A New England ocean science center says whale watchers off Iceland caught an extremely rare glimpse of an endangered right whale near their country.
Plants & Animals
Jul 24, 2018
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Scientists no longer have to collect poop to get key data on the health of endangered right whales. A new study indicates that under the right conditions, scientist can get real-time hormonal data by collecting the spray ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 17, 2018
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Researchers off the coast of Provincetown said Saturday they'll keep trying to free an endangered North Atlantic right whale from fishing line wrapped around her jaw.
Plants & Animals
Apr 14, 2018
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Signs of a 1755 earthquake that was strong enough to topple steeples and chimneys in Boston can be seen in a sediment core drawn from eastern Massachusetts' Sluice Pond, according to a new report published in Seismological ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 27, 2018
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