There are mountains in the sea. From tens of thousands of extinct volcanoes rising thousands of meters from the ocean … More
Category: Coasts & Oceans
A Plant Love Story
“Sometimes, when I’m walking along the rocky shore, Spartina far from my mind, I encounter a handful of shoots in … More
The Gulf of Maine in 2050
A report on the Gulf of Maine 2050 International Symposium, hosted by the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine … More
Climate Change Refugia
The climate is changing, but not everywhere the same. There are some locations, because of their topography or geography or … More
Cultivating wonder the Rachel Carson way
Sheepscot River, Maine – To a girl who grew up reading poetry and playing in Allegheny streams, a storyteller who … More
Black & White: The Sea Ducks of Winter
By mid-November on the Maine coast, the great migration of shorebirds is complete and the warblers and other songbirds have … More
More than just a pile of shells
The Damariscotta River oyster piles are the largest middens on the East Coast north of Florida. Why are they so … More
Year of the Salmon
On October 30, NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Region launched the International Year of the Salmon on the East Coast at … More
Alewives in lakes
The return of alewives, native migratory fish, to Maine rivers and streams is an annual spring event and the focus … More
Why we love the ocean
The sand, smoothed by the tide, glitters with flecks of mica and quartz. The beach ends at an outcropping of … More