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The state Division of Marine Fisheries and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have teamed up to launch an innovative passive acoustic monitoring network. The aim is to improve detection of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales in Massachusetts waters.

The Trump administration is laying off hundreds of scientists and weather forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In Woods Hole, where five major scientific institutions are based, and climate, weather and environment research is the culture and economy, the impacts are far reaching.

Scientists are tracking the abundance of these fish in local waters. You can help.

The fisher can be found throughout Massachusetts, except for the islands.

This month, a U.S. State Department delegation visited Cabo Verde. Joining the group was Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution senior scientist and director of WHOI SeaGrant Matt Charette.

Can we be making better use of our abundant, nutrient-rich urine? That'll be the topic of the Rich Earth Summit, a three-day conference in Marlboro, Vermont happening in November.

For the first time ever, the Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative is offering an in-person climate conference for free.

The Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center—or MASSTC—is a Barnstable County program that has done cutting-edge wastewater management research for the past 25 years. Now, with a $3.3 million infusion of state and federal funds, MASSTC is getting a major makeover.

Shellfish in waters outside busy boat yards ingest large amounts of fiberglass, according to new research published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials.

New research from WHOI suggests coral larvae respond to sound when deciding where they’ll make their home.