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Climate + Environment

FILE - Monarch butterflies from Canada stop to rest in Wendy Park on their way to Mexico, Sept. 12, 2023, in Cleveland.
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Climate + Environment
Climate + Environment
Monarch Butterflies Will Get Federal Protection as a Threatened Species
December 11, 2024
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Todd Richmond
Lobster traps sit on a dock in Bluehill, Maine.
Article
Climate + Environment
Climate + Environment
Amid Concern Over Microplastics, a Maine Company Creates a Kelp-Based Laundry Pod Alternative
December 11, 2024
 · 
Molly Enking
ISO-New England runs the regional electric grid.
Article
Climate + Environment
Climate + Environment
Climate Activists Retain Leadership of New England Power Grid Operator’s Consumer Group
December 9, 2024
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Mara Hoplamazian
Scientist Josh Rosenthal of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, studies RNA editing in squid and other cephalopods.
Article
Climate + Environment
Climate + Environment
Massachusetts Scientists Study Squid to Develop Disease Treatments and Opioid Alternatives
December 9, 2024
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Karen Brown
Volunteer Kirstin Gray holds a sea turtle as it is being checked at a New England Aquarium animal hospital.
Article
Climate + Environment
Climate + Environment
300 Hypothermic Sea Turtles Hospitalized After Washing up on Cape Cod
December 6, 2024
 · 
Eve Zuckoff
Intern Leighton Graham, left, and biologist Sammi Chaves, right, examine a Kemp's ridley sea turtle at a New England Aquarium marine animal rehabilitation facility in Quincy, Mass., Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024.
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Climate + Environment
Climate + Environment
Global Warming Fills New England’s Rich Waters With Death Traps for Endangered Sea Turtles
December 5, 2024
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Rodrique Ngowi
John Beach stands in his backyard in Yarmouth, where he can see newly installed solar panels. Beach lives in the Old Kings Highway Historic District, and the Historic District Committee denied his proposal to install solar panels that faced the street.
Article
Climate + Environment
Climate + Environment
New Climate Law Pushes Cape Cod Historic District to Allow More Solar Installations
November 27, 2024
 · 
Eve Zuckoff
Article
Arts + Entertainment
Arts + Entertainment
Birds Reimagined and Rearranged by Thomas Deininger
Contemporary Rhode Island artist reveres the natural world and turns nostalgia on its head
November 26, 2024
 · 
Tracy MacDonald
Many shopping malls frequented by young people are dominated by fast-fashion retailers.
Article
Climate + Environment
Climate + Environment
Fast Fashion May Seem Cheap, But it’s Taking a Costly Toll on the Planet − and on Millions of Young Customers
November 26, 2024
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Paula M. Carbone, University of Southern California
WHOI researcher Andria Salas handles a lobster in Woods Hole. To monitor the heart rate and motion of the animal as the pile driver strikes, the researcher invented a unique crustacean-adapted saddle — "basically, Fitbits for lobster." It's made out of a snorkel mouthpiece, custom circuit board, and velcro straps.
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Climate + Environment
Climate + Environment
Bam! Scientists Study Wind Farm Construction Noise Impacts on Lobsters... by Making Big Noises
November 20, 2024
 · 
Eve Zuckoff
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