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Crabs put the pinch on marshlands

If you take a quick glance at the marsh next to Saquatucket Harbor in Harwich Port, Mass., you will notice right away that some of the grass is missing. The cordgrass there, and all around Cape Cod, has been slowly disappearing ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cape Wind's fate unclear, even in Obama's hands

(AP) -- After eight years of review, the future of a controversial wind farm off Cape Cod now rests in what would seem to be friendly hands - an Obama administration that's pledged to make the U.S. "the world's ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 25, 2010 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Salazar to decide on planned Cape Cod wind farm

(AP) -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday he will decide by the end of April whether to approve a proposed wind farm off Cape Cod that has sparked a bitter, nine-year public fight.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 13, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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PCE in drinking water linked to an increased risk of mental illness

PCE in drinking water linked to an increased risk of mental illness

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Breakthrough in early cancer detection

Cape Cod-TV correspondent Melissa Chartrand went into the hospital three years ago to undergo a hysterectomy, a common procedure that was supposed to eliminate her abdominal pains. But for Melissa, a far more serious pain ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Public-private partnership helps monitor fish populations

Managing commercial and recreational fisheries is a complex and sometimes contentious process in which fishing interests, scientists, and regulatory agencies don't always see eye-to-eye.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Satellite image of post-Irene Gulf of Maine shows high levels of river discharge

A satellite image recorded Monday at the University of Maine after the remnants of Hurricane Irene passed over northern New England the day before shows unusually high amounts of river discharge and suspended ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Whimbrel successfully negotiates most severe part of Hurricane Irene

Scientists are tracking a migrating shorebird that appears to have survived flying through the most dangerous segment of Hurricane Irene.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Cape Cod Bay holds hidden risk for dining North Atlantic right whales

Tracking their dinner may be the best way to help North Atlantic right whales in Cape Cod Bay avoid being hit by recreational and commercial boats, according to a team of researchers who studied the whales ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Largest recorded tundra fire yields scientific surprises

In 2007 the largest recorded tundra fire in the circumpolar arctic released approximately as much carbon into the atmosphere as the tundra has stored in the previous 50 years, say scientists in the July 28 ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Cloud composition cliffhanger at point reyes national seashore

Turns out, polluted air from San Francisco is not the culprit. It's a thermal trough pushing north from Arizona. In a surprise result, scientists found that this weather pattern significantly affects the chemistry ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

US approves construction of first offshore wind farm

The US government on Tuesday approved a plan to build the country's first offshore wind farm, in a picturesque bay near Cape Cod, a popular Massachusetts holiday destination.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

'Ageless' animals give scientists clues on how to overcome the aging process

Ornithologist Ian Nisbet loves to share two photos of himself with his beloved terns.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 01, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 6 | with audio podcast


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