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Emily Greenhalgh

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Boston
As seen in: Medium, EurekAlert!, Phys.org, NOAA Climate.gov, SciTechDaily, The Royal Gazette, Mass Device, The Marine Biological Laboratory, SCIENMAG, Astrobiology Web and
Covers:  climate, biology, environmental science, animals, ecosystems
Doesn't Cover: business
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MBL Team Succeeds in Culturing the Pygmy Zebra Octopus

MBL Team Succeeds in Culturing the Pygmy Zebra Octopus

Marine Biological Laboratory News — WOODS HOLE, Mass. - For generations, scientists have relied on a handful of organisms to study the fundamentals of biology. The usual suspects-fruit flies, zebrafish, and mice, among others-all have short lifespans, small body size, can be bred through multiple generations in the laboratory, and have been developed for genetic investigations.
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Right Whale Population Declines for 10th Straight Year

Right Whale Population Declines for 10th Straight Year

New England Aquarium | Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life — Named because they were considered the "right whales to hunt," the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale population has been in decline since 2010. The species struggles due to impacts from humans. Entanglement in fishing gear, vessel strikes, and the shifting distribution of food sources as a result of climate change plague the whales.
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On climate: Q&As with Alumna Tokë Vandervoort and Professor Steven Ferrey

On climate: Q&As with Alumna Tokë Vandervoort and Professor Steven Ferrey

Suffolk Law Alumni Magazine — Are there any lessons from recent Supreme Court decisions that can help us predict how the court will address challenges to the Biden administration’s global warming reduction efforts?
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Team Rewires a Behavioral Circuit in the Worm Using Hydra Parts

Team Rewires a Behavioral Circuit in the Worm Using Hydra Parts

Marine Biological Laboratory News — WOODS HOLE, Mass. - For two people to communicate in a loud, crowded room, they need to be standing side by side. The same is often true for neurons in the brain. But the same way a cell phone allows two people to communicate clearly across the room, new research at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) opened up a new channel of communication in the worm C.
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Salt Marshes Trap Microplastics in their Sediments, Creating Record of Human Plastic Use

Salt Marshes Trap Microplastics in their Sediments, Creating Record of Human Plastic Use

Marine Biological Laboratory News — WOODS HOLE, Mass. - Plastics are everywhere. From cell phones to pens and cars to medical devices, the modern world is full of plastic- and plastic waste. New research from scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) Ecosystems Center found that some of that plastic waste has been accumulating in salt marshes for decades.
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Bottom-Up is the Way Forward for Nitrogen Reduction at Institutions

Bottom-Up is the Way Forward for Nitrogen Reduction at Institutions

Marine Biological Laboratory News — WOODS HOLE, Mass. - Nitrogen is an element basic for life - plants need it, animals need it, it's in our DNA - but when there's too much nitrogen in the environment, things can go haywire. On Cape Cod, excess nitrogen in estuaries and salt marshes can lead to algal blooms, fish kills, and degradation of the environment.
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To Push or to Pull? How Many-Limbed Marine Organisms Swim

To Push or to Pull? How Many-Limbed Marine Organisms Swim

Marine Biological Laboratory News — WOODS HOLE, Mass. - When you think of swimming, you probably imagine pushing through the water-creating backwards thrust that pushes you forward. New research at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) suggests instead that many marine animals actually pull themselves through the water, a phenomenon dubbed "suction thrust."
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Little Skates Could Hold the Key to Cartilage Therapy in Humans

Little Skates Could Hold the Key to Cartilage Therapy in Humans

Marine Biological Laboratory News — By Emily Greenhalgh WOODS HOLE, MASS. - Nearly a quarter of Americans suffer from arthritis, most commonly due to the wear and tear of the cartilage that protects the joints. As we age, or get injured, we have no way to grow new cartilage.
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A Monumental Anniversary - New England Aquarium

A Monumental Anniversary - New England Aquarium

neaq.org — Roughly 130 miles southeast of Cape Cod, the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument is home to a staggering array of biodiversity-from deep-sea corals to marine mammals.
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Seismic Surveys Are the Wrong Move for the Right Whale - Anderson Cabot Center For Ocean Life

Seismic Surveys Are the Wrong Move for the Right Whale - Anderson Cabot Center For Ocean Life

andersoncabotcenterforoceanlife.org — Every governor from Florida to Maine has publicly denounced the current administration's proposal to allow offshore oil and gas exploration, development, and production in the U.S. Atlantic Exclusive Economic Zone-the area within 200 miles of the U.S.
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Shopping Sustainably

Shopping Sustainably

blue Magazine | New England Aquarium — When spending the green, shop blue.
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The Importance of Marine Protected Areas

The Importance of Marine Protected Areas

blue Magazine | New England Aquarium — Just as parks improve the neighborhoods that surround them, marine protected areas improve the ocean around them.
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Counting Whales From Space

Counting Whales From Space

blue Magazine | New England Aquarium — The protection of new MPAs is the driving force between the New England Aquarium and Draper Engineering.
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2019 North Atlantic Right Whale Report Card - Anderson Cabot Center For Ocean Life

2019 North Atlantic Right Whale Report Card - Anderson Cabot Center For Ocean Life

andersoncabotcenterforoceanlife.org — Right whales were once called the "right whales to hunt" because they swam close to shore, produced high yields of whale oil and baleen, and-thanks to their thick blubber-floated when killed.
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Sun, Science, and Shark Mating

Sun, Science, and Shark Mating

blue Magazine | New England Aquarium — Clear skies and not a hint of a breeze. It’s only 8 a.m. and the temperature is already well into the 90s as we paddle our kayaks through the coral reef under a cloudless sky.
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MCAF: Building an Ocean of Hope

MCAF: Building an Ocean of Hope

blue Magazine | New England Aquarium — How do you make a big impact with only small grants? That’s the specialty of the Aquarium’s Marine Conservation Action Fund (MCAF) Program.
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Protecting Our Most Vulnerable Species - New England Aquarium

Protecting Our Most Vulnerable Species - New England Aquarium

neaq.org — Since 1973, the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) has protected the nation's most at-risk animals, plants, and habitats.
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Choose to Refuse: Say No to Single Use Plastics!

Choose to Refuse: Say No to Single Use Plastics!

blue Magazine | New England Aquarium — Look around you. From plastic bags to food containers, shipping envelopes to ballpoint pens, plastics are everywhere. Plastic pollution is one of the greatest threats facing our ocean today. It’s also something we can help change.
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50 Years of Volunteering

50 Years of Volunteering

blue Magazine | New England Aquarium — Susie Buttrick has been volunteering at the New England Aquarium since before there was an Aquarium.
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Saving A Species: Decades of Protecting Right Whales

Saving A Species: Decades of Protecting Right Whales

blue Magazine | New England Aquarium — The story of the North Atlantic right whale is inherently human. It was humans that nearly destroyed the population and it is humans that are striving to save it.
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Protecting Endangered Species - New England Aquarium

Protecting Endangered Species - New England Aquarium

neaq.org — The New England Aquarium and our Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life are dedicated to keeping the ocean healthy and helping endangered species not just survive, but thrive.
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Catching Quahog Crooks - 41ºN Magazine

Catching Quahog Crooks - 41ºN Magazine

41ºN — "We're involved in almost every aspect of a commercial harvest," Officer Adam Hill, a 12-year veteran of DEM's Environmental Police, said over the phone. What constitutes illegal harvest? Well, it depends on what you're doing and where you're doing it.
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Bowhead Whale's Baleen Shines Spotlight on Stress from Entanglement - Center For Ocean Life

Bowhead Whale's Baleen Shines Spotlight on Stress from Entanglement - Center For Ocean Life

New England Aquarium's Anderson Cabot Center — Just like the rings on a tree detail a history of drought in a forest, a whale's baleen plate can paint a picture of the whale's life and death. By analyzing hormones across the length of a bowhead whale's baleen plate, scientists at the New England Aquarium's Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life found evidence of months of chronic stress from a severe entanglement in fishing gear.
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Seals Snoozin'? Do Not Disturb!

Seals Snoozin'? Do Not Disturb!

New England Aquarium — Seals that are seen on the shore in New England-even young seals on their own-are not necessarily stranded or in need of help. Seals are semi-aquatic, meaning they spend some of their lives in the water and some of it on land.
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