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Portland Press-Herald story: Regulators scrap shrimp season in the Gulf of Maine

December 3, 2013

http://www.pressherald.com/news/Regulators_scrap_shrimp_season_in_Gulf_of_Maine.html   Print

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Yale University: A North Atlantic Mystery: Case of the Missing Whales

November 30, 2013

“Endangered North Atlantic right whales are disappearing from customary feeding grounds off the U.S. and Canadian coasts and appearing in large numbers in other locations, leaving scientists to wonder if shifts in climate may be behind the changes.” http://e360.yale.edu/feature/a_north_atlantic_mystery_case_of_the_missing_whales/2715/ Print

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Truro Daily News: New technology to harness Bay of Fundy tides

November 30, 2013

“The Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE), in partnership with Nortek Scientific, announced the construction of the world’s first instrument to provide high-resolution, real time measurements of turbulent water flow at turbine hub height – called the Vectron.” http://www.trurodaily.com/section/2013-11-20/article-3487831/New-technology-to-harness-Bay-of-Fundy-tides/1 Print

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Concord Monitor opinion: Our energy future? The answer may lie offshore

November 30, 2013

“As New Hampshire begins another effort at future energy planning, and growing attention – pro and con – is being given to electricity transmission and wind power development, we need to be asking which path leads to real sustainability and what power landscape we should leave for future generations. Recent developments have focused on...

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Portland Press-Herald: Fewer right whales seen, counted in the Gulf of Maine

November 30, 2013

Only one North Atlantic right whale was spotted in the Gulf of Maine this fall by biologists who are tracking the species. http://www.pressherald.com/news/Right_whale_population_down_in_Gulf_of_Maine_count_.html   Print

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CBC reports: Climate change draft report predicts war, heat waves, starvation

November 4, 2013

Many of the ills of the modern world — starvation, poverty, flooding, heat waves, droughts, war and disease — are likely to worsen as the world warms from man-made climate change. http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/climate-change-draft-report-predicts-war-heat-waves-starvation-1.2350352   Print

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