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Ken Kostel/Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has signed off on a long-planned experiment that aims to fight climate change by pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and storing it in the ocean for thousands of years. -
Jero Prieto, Pelagic LifeThe New England Aquarium identified the pair as 16-year-old “Koala” and 14-year-old “Curlew,” both females. And this, too, is unusual: two right whales rarely remain together for more than a few days, unless it's a mother with her calf.
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Though there aren’t clear numbers about the abundance of either fish, fishermen have urged the state regulators to set precautionary limits to prevent the stocks from getting depleted. It’s somewhat unusual; often, the fishing community pushes back against new regulations. -
The CEO of SouthCoast Wind, Michael Brown, told CAI the federal review was rigorous. But the Town of Nantucket says feds failed to address threats to its historic district and economy. -
Last October, a secretive high-level meeting was held to review the environmental impacts of a controversial proposal for a machine gun range on Joint Base Cape Cod. Now, the release of a 65-page meeting transcript offers a first glimpse into what happened behind closed doors. -
On the platform in Fall River, Ollie Couto said he remembers trains in the city during his childhood in the 1950s, and he’s glad they’re back after all these years. -
The region hasn’t had a train to Boston since the 1950s, when highways became king. Now, after more than three decades of political promises and $1 billion spent, South Coast Rail is scheduled to open Monday. -
Through urine, feces, placentas, carcasses, and sloughing skin, whales bring thousands of tons of nitrogen and other nutrients from high-latitude areas like Alaska and Antarctica to low-nutrient tropical grounds like Hawaii and the Caribbean, according to a new study. -
An official at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said yesterday that the Federal Railroad Administration still needs to greenlight a plan for speed limits along the route. -
Waterfront property has long represented the best of where you can live. But the changing climate — sea level rise and coastal storms — could be reshaping that idea. On Surf Drive, in Falmouth, is a property for sale with a great view and a lot of questions attached. -
The rally was part of a national movement that's grown in response to the Trump administration's policies, which organizers say are a threat to scientific progress. -
The payment will settle a public records battle between the Guard and the Association to Preserve Cape Cod over a failed plan to build a machine gun range at Joint Base Cape Cod.
