Widespread hot extremes have been seen throughout the world in recent years, causing heat-related mortality and harming crops and livestock. In summer 2018, a record-breaking heat wave swept across large areas of Northeast ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 15, 2020
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Researchers with the federal government and the New England Aquarium have developed a new model they said will provide better estimates about the North Atlantic right whale population, and the news isn't good.
Plants & Animals
Sep 25, 2017
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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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Stocks of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), which have been steadily declining for the past few decades, are facing new challenges in the Gulf of Maine, where changing spring wind patterns, warming sea surface temperatures and ...
Ecology
Nov 17, 2011
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(Phys.org)—For the first time in decades, researchers have conducted an extensive exploration for deep-sea corals and sponges in submarine canyons off the northeastern coast of the US. The survey revealed coral "hotspots," ...
Environment
Sep 26, 2012
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According to an analysis by Climate Central, July of 2010 will be remembered as a cool one, even in the northeast corridor.
Environment
Aug 3, 2010
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A new study on white sharks in the western North Atlantic indicates they grow more slowly and mature much later than previously thought.
Plants & Animals
Feb 18, 2015
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After sinking Norway's plans to repatriate explorer Roald Amundsen's three-mast ship Maud from the Arctic, Canada signalled Monday it may buy the shipwreck.
Earth Sciences
Dec 20, 2011
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When Chris Melrose began his career at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center's Narragansett Laboratory, little did he realize where his work studying primary productivity and dissolved oxygen would lead. Now a member of ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 10, 2012
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Climate change has resulted in shifts in where and at what depths many marine species are found. These shifts have not been uniform, and sometimes have occurred at different rates and in different ways than expected. The ...
Ecology
Sep 16, 2013
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