As I sit on an outcrop watching the moon rise above the Alaskan skyline and mighty Taku Glacier, I can’t help but wonder how many years into the future this great ice mass will remain. Recent research suggests up to 60% of Taku will be gone in the next century if our climate continues on its current warming trajectory. These are humbling Read More
ocean acidification
Maine Lobstermen Know the Threat Posed by Climate Change. Now is the Time to Act.
By Richard Nelson, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed I rose the other morning and began my preparations to head out on the water from Friendship Harbor to take up the my last load of lobster traps. My thoughts turned from from closing out my season to chuckling over my selection of boots Read More
Legislature to Consider $3 Million Bond to Study Ocean Acidification
by Andy O’Brien Free Press news story In the coming weeks, the Maine Legislature will consider several bond proposals, including a bipartisan measure aimed at tackling the monumental problem of ocean acidification (OA) in the Gulf of Maine. LD 998, sponsored by Rep. Wayne Parry (R-Arundel) and Rep. Mick Devin (D-Newcastle), would ask voters to Read More
We Can’t Afford to be Blindsided by Ocean Acidification
A new measure would identify communities at risk if ocean changes were to affect the lobster fishery. By Chellie Pingree, a Democrat, represents Maine’s 1st District in the U.S. House of Representatives Portland Press Herald op-ed NORTH HAVEN — For over 40 years now, I’ve lived on North Haven Island in Penobscot Bay. In my Read More
Report: Clean Power Plan Key to Protecting Drinking Water, Wildlife Habitat
News release of the National Wildlife Federation and the Natural Resources Council of Maine MAINE (August 18, 2015) – Maine’s and America’s waterways are already being stressed by climate change and President Obama’s Clean Power Plan is urgently needed to protect them. This is the conclusion of a new report by the National Wildlife Federation, Read More
Casco Bay Deemed Healthy, but Trouble Spots Grow
The water quality is good overall, but near coastal areas it is quickly degrading because of nitrogen overload and acidification, a decade of data shows. By Matt Byrne, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story Casco Bay is healthy, but water quality near coastal areas and estuaries is rapidly degrading because of man-made pollution, according Read More
Maine’s Ocean Acidification Panel Calls for Action to Address Threat
by Ramona du Houx Maine Insights news story The Commission to Study the Effects of Coastal and Ocean Acidification on Commercially Harvested and Grown Species presented its report to the public and unveiled four proposals for the current legislative session that are a result of the panel’s work. “Maine is taking the lead on ocean Read More
Pingree Presses for Ocean Acidification Study
The Maine 1st District Rep. Chellie Pingree says some Maine fisheries are already threatened by ocean acidification, caused by excessive amounts of carbon in the atmosphere. MPBN news story Maine U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree has introduced legislation that would require federal officials to study the effects of ocean acidification on coastal communities in Maine and Read More
As the Ocean Gets Warmer, Are the Lobsters Heading to Cooler Northeastern Waters?
Bangor Daily News new story by Abigail Curtis, BDN staff writer ROCKPORT, Maine — In the ocean off Rhode Island, fisherman Rodney Sykes has noticed far fewer cold-water species like lobster and more warm-water species like mahi-mahi and electric rays cruise by his boat in recent summers. “ There’s been an awful lot of changes,” Read More
