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You've no doubt heard of the butterfly effect. Well, Gareth Lawson of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has his own version: the sea butterfly…

I've read my fair share of science books and field blogs and talked to more than a few scientists. In most cases, I hear their stories and think "Cool! I…

Author Bill Sargent takes the long view in his new book "Beach Wars: 10,000 Years on a Barrier Beach."In March of 2012, crews began demolishing five homes…

Freshwater ecosystems in the Amazon are highly vulnerable to environmental degradation. On Living Lab, Heather Goldstone talks with Dr. Leandro Castello…

Late Friday night, President Obama signed an order calling for $85 billion in federal budget cuts collectively known as sequestration. There’s been a lot…

Humans have been watching clouds since the dawn of time. Still, clouds remain one of the most poorly understood aspects of climate and, thus, climate…

New research points to some of the subtle ways climate change can affect daily (or not-so-daily, as the case may be) life.Flying somewhere this long…

Both the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Children's School of Science are celebrating major anniversaries this year - MBL's 125th and the School of…

After last week's announcement that scientists had detected gravitational waves first predicted by Albert Einstein a century ago, everybody is listening…

Tiny, thin-shelled oysters; crumbling coral reefs; fish unable to make sense of odors; decimated plankton populations. Those are some of the nightmare…