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Mile-long oil slick reported in Buzzards Bay
A Coast Guard helicopter observed the sheen to be about 150 to 300 feet wide and a mile in length around 10:30 a.m. Sunday, an official said.
Why sharks are at a much greater risk of going extinct than previously thought: ‘It’s absolutely jaw-dropping’
A massive new survey of nearly 400 coral reefs around the world reveals sharks once common in those waters are vanishing.
‘Nothing like this has ever happened before’: The world’s oceans are at record-high temps
While ocean temperatures have been rising for at least 70 years, new measurements taken from a network of satellites, ships, and buoys around the globe show an unexpected spike that began in March and appears to be climbing.
RI FOOD & DINING
What do Rhode Island consumers need to learn about local seafood? Actually, quite a bit.
A number of local organizations have set out to change how people perceive some of the plentiful seafood native to the state.
Attention, gardeners: Rabbits are everywhere. And they’re ever-hungry.
“They’re adorable,” said Jordan Takvorian, stewardship manager of the 56 community gardens across Boston owned by the Trustees of Reservations. “But they are kind of a menace.”
Climate protestors arrested at State House after disrupting Senate session, baring backsides
“You can look away if you like, but just like the climate crisis, we’ll get more inconvenient until proper action is taken,” one demonstrator said, according to a press release from Extinction Rebellion Boston.
The world just saw its hottest early June on record
Global temperatures during the first 11 days of June have hit the highest level on record for the time of the year.
World’s rice glut will be put to the test with El Niño’s return
The weather pattern usually brings hotter and drier conditions to Asia, which produces and consumes 90 percent of the global rice supply.