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Hundreds of Sea Turtles Are Freezing in Cape Cod

After being lured to the Gulf of Maine’s warming waters to feed, young sea turtles are trapped and cold-stunned as temperatures drop. A major rescue and rehabilitation response is underway to save them.

By Teresa Tomassoni

 Cold-stunned sea turtles arrive at New England Aquarium’s hospital and are evaluated for infections and injuries. Credit: Vanessa Kahn/New England Aquarium
Woods Hole researchers, Adam Subhas (left) and Chris Murray, conducted a series of lab experiments earlier this year to test the impact of an alkaline substance, known as sodium hydroxide, on copepods in the Gulf of Maine. Credit: Daniel Hentz/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Can We Alter the Ocean to Counter Climate Change Faster? This Experiment Aims to Find Out

By Teresa Tomassoni
Dune restoration has stabilized an area separating Hither Creek from the Atlantic Ocean in Madaket, Nantucket. Credit: Jennifer Karberg/Nantucket Conservation Foundation

How Nantucket Is Preparing for Rising Seas

By Nicole Williams
A crab inhabits a bed of eelgrass at Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts. Eelgrass provides critical habitat for hundreds of species. Credit: Holly Plaisted/National Park Service

Seagrasses Capture Carbon 35 Times Faster Than Tropical Rainforests. Scientists Are Working to Save Them

By Teresa Tomassoni
In 2023, a North Atlantic right whale was spotted off the coast of Georgia with rope lodged in its mouth. Credit: Georgia DNR/NOAA Fisheries

The Futures of Right Whales and Lobstermen Are Entangled. Could High-Tech Gear Help Save Them Both?

By Kiley Price
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moves between interviews in the Pennsylvania Convention Center before the first presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris on Sept. 10 in Philadelphia. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

RFK Jr.’s ‘Sad’ Slide From Environmental Hero to Outcast

By Phil McKenna

A Walk in the Woods with My Brain on Fire: Summer

Text and photos by David Sassoon
Some large lobsters are still around. Josiah Mayo stands on board Mike Packard’s F/V J&J with a nine-pound lobster in a photo taken two weeks ago. Credit: Mike Packard/Provincetown Independent.

Lobstermen Face Hypoxia in Outer Cape Waters

By Georgia Hall, Provincetown Independent

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