The New England coast used to be crowded with wild oyster reefs. But the reefs have been decimated by overfishing, pollution, development and climate change. Aran Mooney, who studies underwater acoustics at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, is researching whether sound can help with efforts to restore oyster beds
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Benthic cyanobacteria bloom underwater and appear much more toxic than the kind that float on the surface.
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Can reusing older buildings help fight the housing crisis? The Boston Society of Architects says yes. The group recently published its first-ever guidebook to adaptive reuse, and the guide focuses entirely on the Cape and Islands.
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A project launched Wednesday by the Green Ribbon Commission is looking into the feasibility of thermal energy networks to heat and cool some of the area's largest buildings.
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Public health leaders sued the Massachusetts Gaming Commission in 2024 because player data from casinos were not yet made available to researchers, as required by law. But in July, the commission created a portal for researchers.
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The residents are expected to argue that state environmental regulators violated the law and their statutory authority when they allowed the Markley data center to add more diesel generators on the property.
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State health officials say 17 cyclosporiasis cases are linked to exposure to recalled lettuce at Cheshire Medical Center in Keene.
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80% of teachers say students are less distracted, according to a new report from the department of education.
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“As a little kid, there was no women's professional baseball league," says Beth Greenwood. "So I just dreamed of playing for the Boston Red Sox.”
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