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A new report commissioned by the American Clean Power Association (ACP) confirms what other scientific bodies have underscored: Climate change is having a far greater impact on the ocean and whale habitats than development of energy projects.

In the short term, Alaska crab fishers and the communities that depend on them will get a slight reprieve from the disastrous conditions they have endured for the past two

Barney Balch said he wears glasses due to his time looking through a microscope. But that lens of experience has given him perspective on the Gulf of Maine. This month, Balch retired from Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay after...

In the short term, Alaska crab fishers and the communities that depend on them will get a slight reprieve from the disastrous conditions they have endured for the past two years, with harvests for iconic red king crab to open on Sunday.

Reopened Bristol Bay red king crab harvests provide only a temporary reprieve from long-term environmental and economic difficulties.

Chum salmon, a species that has faltered in the Interior Alaska river systems, are now reproducing farther north in some North Slope rivers, researchers have confirmed.

About 30 miles off the coast of eastern North Carolina stands Frying Pan Tower, a local maritime relic that looms over a frying pan-shaped, sandy ridge known as Frying Pan Shoals.

The National Science Foundation is funding a $13.9 million program led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks to help multiple communities respond to coastal erosion, flooding, permafrost thaw and other hazards attributed to climate change.

Anna Hymanson, whole-animal butcher and co-owner of Broad Arrow Farm in Bristol, is the featured guest at the next gathering of the Carpenter’s Boat Shop (440 Old County Road, Pemaquid) monthly Virtual-Speakers series on Thursday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m...

The discovery of about 100 spawning chums in two Arctic rivers supports the theory that climate change is pushing salmon stocks north.