First published in Landings, September 2023 The headlines were designed to shock: “Marine Heat Records Shattered” “Unprecedented Temperatures at Sea” or, as NASA put it, “The Ocean has a Fever.” Sea surface temperatures throughout the … Continue reading
Guest Column: Climate is the real culprit in the whale saga
In following the rollercoaster of how new regulations designed to protect the North Atlantic right whale will impact Maine’s lobster fishery and the communities the industry supports, two recent announcements stuck out to me. One … Continue reading
New report shows 2022 another hot year in the Gulf of Maine
A report released by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute in February ranked 2022 as the second warmest year ever recorded for the Gulf. The report says the Gulf’s average sea surface temperature (SST) in … Continue reading
Maine Climate Report Forecasts Changes In Coming Years
University of Maine climate researchers’ new report Coastal Maine Climate Futures documents relationships between regional weather patterns over North America, Maine weather, blueberry crops, and lobster catch. It also identifies the way that the Arctic, … Continue reading