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Warming Waters in the Gulf of Maine May Affect the Future of Lobsters

Researchers studying the crustacean’s early life cycles find clues that can help the fishery that depends on them plan for a warmer future.

By Nicole Williams

Researchers catch lobsters as part of long-term ecosystem survey in Maine. Credit: Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI.org)
Richard Silliboy uses a machine to pound an ash log in his workshop. Once pounded, the log will divide into layers that can be separated and thinned into strips for basketmaking. Credit: Sydney Cromwell/Inside Climate News

The Wabanaki Basketmakers’ Plans to Save Maine’s Ash Trees

By Sydney Cromwell

Sen. Susan Collins enters the U.S. Captiol on Jan. 27 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Heather Diehl/Getty Images

Susan Collins and Climate Change: ‘The Silence is Deafening’

By Nathaniel Eisen

Petroleum storage tanks reside next to the Ferry Village neighborhood near the South Portland waterfront. Credit: Derek Davis/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

There’s Something in the Air in South Portland, Maine

By Ryan Krugman, Inside Climate News, and Sabrina Shankman, Boston Globe

Plug-in solar panels hang from a balcony in Stralsund, Germany. Credit: Stefan Sauer/picture alliance via Getty Images

New England Lawmakers Weigh Plug-in Solar as Europe’s Model Spreads

By Ryan Krugman

“Wild” ice skaters are seen on Maine’s Megunticook Lake in December 2025. Wild skaters seek out frozen water bodies rather than man-made rinks. Credit: Courtesy of Richard Behr

For Maine’s Lakes, Shorter Ice Seasons Mean Loss of Water Quality, Winter Traditions

By Sydney Cromwell

Wind turbines near Mars Hill, Maine. Credit: Nathaniel Eisen/Inside Climate News

Maine Again Looks North for Onshore Wind, but Full Grid Integration Will Have to Wait

By Nathaniel Eisen

A shellfish harvester pours out small littleneck clams from a net at the Winnegance oyster farm on the New Meadows River in West Bath, Maine. Credit: Brianna Soukup/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

Maine’s Shellfish Harvesters Are Caught up in Climate-Related Closures

By Ben Seal

Zak and Lena Kendall perform onstage during GoldenOak’s album release show at Portland House of Music and Events. Credit: Ryan Flanagan

A Maine Folk Band Finds Its Voice in a Warming World

By Ryan Krugman

Demonstrators attend a Stand Up for Science rally to highlight the critical role of science in public health, environmental stewardship and education at the Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco on March 7. Credit: Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff

From left: Scott Vlaun, Renee Igo, Tamra Benson and Ania Wright talk around a table at the Center for an Ecology-Based Economy in Norway, Maine. Credit: Sydney Cromwell/Inside Climate News

Nonprofit Center Works with Rural Maine Towns to Prepare for and Protect Against Extreme Weather

By Sydney Cromwell

Sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) stands tall and creates foundational habitat. Credit: Shane Farrell

Maine’s Once Abundant Kelp Forests Face an Array of Growing Threats

By Pragathi Ravi

A NOAA ship retrieves a buoy from the Gulf of Maine. Credit: NOAA

As NOAA Funding Lags, a Critical Ocean Weather System Nears a Breaking Point

By Ryan Krugman

Transmission lines stand above the entrance to the Loring Commerce Centre at the site of the former Loring Air Force Base. Credit: Derek Davis/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

Maine’s First Major Data Center Project Touts Green Innovation

By Ryan Krugman

Piles of compost and mulch sit at the Hawk Ridge compost facility in Unity Township, Maine. Credit: Sydney Cromwell/Inside Climate News

Maine Was First To Ban Spreading PFAS-Contaminated Sludge on Farmland. Now Sludge Is Filling up Landfills.

By Sydney Cromwell

The effect of drought is seen on the east branch of the Pemigewasset River on Sept. 29 in Lincoln, N.H. Credit: Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Another Dry Spell Hits New England, Raising Alarm About Flash Droughts

By Ryan Krugman

A Puffin delivers sand lance to a chick on Maine’s Seal Island. Credit: Derrick Jackson/The Equation

Protecting Puffins in Maine Is an Emotional Commitment

By Derrick Z. Jackson, The Equation

A Central Maine Power lineworker repairs a transmission line in Portland, Maine. Credit: Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

Central Maine Power Faces Backlash Over Proposed Rate Hikes and Shareholder Profits

By Ryan Krugman

Billy Longfellow of the Sipayik Environmental Department explains how the Samaqannihkuk well station works. Credit: Sydney Cromwell/Inside Climate News

Climate Change Worsens Half-Century of Drinking Water Problems for Maine Native Reservation

By Sydney Cromwell

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