Eve Zuckoff
Climate/environment ReporterEve Zuckoff covers the environment and human impacts of climate change for CAI. After contributing to a 10-part-investigative podcast produced by WBUR and the Boston Globe and working as a producer on Radio Boston, the Boston University alum joined CAI as a Report for America Corps member in 2019. Today, as a three-time PMJA-winner and staff reporter, her stories on rising temperatures, North Atlantic right whales, transportation, wastewater, and coastal threats and innovations can frequently be heard on GBH and NPR.
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The whale, known as "5120," was found on an Edgartown beach with rope deeply embedded in her tail. Earlier this month, officials attributed her death to chronic entanglement wounds.
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Scientists have been watching the critically endangered right whale, which was recently found dead on Martha’s Vineyard, since she was born three years ago. From Florida to Newfoundland, they have more than 30 records of her. This is the story a right whale’s life, and its potential lasting impact.
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During a post-mortem exam known as a necropsy, experts from the International Fund for Animal Welfare noted how thin the young female was, with rope deeply embedded in her tail.
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The whale, a young female, was found dead on Sunday night. Since then, crews from the International Fund for Animal Welfare and other organizations have worked to move the whale, examine it, and bury the remains.A preliminary report about how the whale died is expected soon.
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A critically endangered right whale washed up dead on Martha's Vineyard earlier this week. It is the first dead right whale to come ashore in Massachusetts in six years.
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Boat collisions and entanglements in roping and fishing gear are the leading causes of death for the whales, whose population stands at just 350.
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In the early 2000s, scientists began finding what appeared to be bald spots in dense, grassy salt marshes up and down the East Coast. These patches have since multiplied, and they now threaten to destroy coastal landscapes. Eventually, the culprit was identified: persistent, ravenous, purple crabs. Finally, scientists may have a plan to beat them.
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The "Red List" label pushed Whole Foods, Hello Fresh, Blue Apron, and others to stop selling the shellfish caught in U.S. waters. More than 25,000 restaurants, stores, and distributors use the Red List to help guide purchasing and menu choices.
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Cape Cod's drinking water mostly 'excellent,' ponds and embayments mostly 'unacceptable': new reportThe Association to Preserve Cape Cod released its fifth annual State of the Waters report. Along with assessment data, it urges towns to take advantage of funding for infrastructure to address the primary cause of poor water quality: nitrogen pollution from stormwater runoff, fertilizers, and septic systems.
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Results are back for drinking water in the Barnstable County Correctional Facility, a jail located within the bounds of Joint Base Cape Cod. CAI’s environment team tested to see if PFAS – or “forever chemicals” – are coming through the pipes to incarcerated people.