The oceans are the world's lifeline. Within them reside species whose food chains support each other and the world's populations. Besides using them for food, commerce and transportation, we have used them as a dumping ground for generations.
The oceans are the world's lifeline. Within them reside species whose food chains support each other and the world's populations. Besides using them for food, commerce and transportation, we have used them as a dumping ground for generations.
In the late 1990s, Drs. Stephen Chorover and John Terry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology convened a small group of scientists and educators from throughout the Gulf of Maine (GOM) bioregion to investigate practical approaches to promoting stewardship in perpetuity of the watershed.
Located in a neat white house on Blue Hill’s picturesque Main Street, the Marine Environmental Research Institute (MERI) is marking its twentieth anniversary this year. A roster of international scientists, naturalists and adventurers will be featured by the Institute throughout the year as part of its Ocean Environment Lecture series. In addition, conservation advocate Jim...
The first State of Nova Scotia’s Coast Report, which reports on the general state of the province’s coastal areas and resources, and the status of six priority coastal issues, was released December 9 The report may be read at: http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/smr/2009-12-10-coastal.asp , or on its homepage: www.gov.ns.ca/coast. “This report, and our process to develop a...
The Casco Bay Estuary Partnership released the report “Climate Change in the Casco Bay Watershed: Past, Present, and Future" in late January. Based on historic climate change data for the Casco Bay region, and on work relating the predictions of global climate models to local conditions, the report reveals striking climate trends in...
People who know Newfoundlanders would hardly ever think the keepers of a 500-year-old cod fishery would require education about the fish species that settled and supported their island for centuries. But that's precisely what Kathleen Blanchard has set out to do with an informational placemat that tells diners plenty about the fish. The fabled...
