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 »
Article Topic: Oceans
Cruise tourism impacts in Maine, a series
Over the past four months I’ve been at work on a series on the impact of cruise ship tourism in Maine, where most ports of call have a smaller year-around… 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, 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 »
Right whales in crisis: speeding ships and missing calves
The disastrous year for the North Atlantic right whale, the world’s second most endangered mammal after the species’ Pacific cousin, doesn’t appear to be abating. After seventeen of the whales… Read more »
Gov. LePage’s support for offshore drilling at odds with every New England member of Congress
This month, when the Trump administration unveiled its plan to open virtually all areas of U.S. federal waters to oil and gas exploration, most of New England’s elected leaders expressed… Read more »