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Kelp, “forests of the sea,” vanishing from parts of warming Gulf of Maine

Kelp, a foundation species with a role not unlike that of corals in tropical seas, is vanishing from the coasts of New Hampshire and southern Maine due to the rapid… Read more »

Is Maine’s decades-long lobster boom about to end?

I recently reported on a new scientific study that suggests Maine’s lobster boom is about to come to an abrupt end, with landings returning to historic levels over the next… Read more »

Warming of Gulf of Maine choking right whale food supply

In recent years, the endangered North Atlantic right whale has effectively abandoned summer feeding grounds in the eastern Gulf of Maine, showing up instead in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence,… Read more »

Maine poised to finally respond to Gulf of Maine climate threats

With Gov. Paul LePage gone and Democrats in complete control of state government, Maine appears poised to finally confront climate change threats to the state, including the implement of key… Read more »

Gulf of Maine sees 3rd warmest year on record as monitoring programs wither

The Gulf of Maine — already the second fastest warming part of the world’s oceans — just saw the third warmest year on the 37-year long satellite record, with average… Read more »

Maine’s US Senators seek federal response to warming Gulf of Maine

Last week I reported on Canadian researchers having found record-warm water pouring into the primary deepwater entrance to the Gulf of Maine and Maine scientists confirming that they’ve seen similar,… Read more »

Record-warm deepwater pouring into the Gulf of Maine, researchers find

In today’s Portland Press Herald, I wrote about a Canadian research team’s discovery that record-warm Gulf Stream water is pouring into the Gulf of Maine, probably because of a weakening… Read more »

Speaking on the crisis in the world’s oceans and Gulf of Maine, April 4

It’s been snowed out twice already, but on Wednesday, April 4 I really am going to finally speak about the crisis in the world’s oceans and the Gulf of Maine… Read more »

Speaking on the crisis in the oceans and Gulf of Maine, Portland, Mar. 7

I’ll be speaking about the crisis in the world’s oceans and in the Gulf of Maine on March 7th at the Portland Public Library here in Maine. The talk was… Read more »

Speaking on the crisis in the oceans and Gulf of Maine, Portland, Me., Feb. 7

I’ll be speaking about the crisis in the world’s oceans and in the Gulf of Maine on February 7th at the Portland Public Library here in Maine. The talk —… Read more »