Delaware Sea Grant’s Ed Hale has been conducting seine net surveys of Wilmington’s Brandywine Creek every two weeks since mid-July, engaged by a coalition of groups supporting the removal of the waterway’s dams up to the Pennsylvania border.
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Coast Watchers
For the last 50 years, scientists and students have kept their fingers on the pulse of Great Bay and coastal New Hampshire thanks to a UNH outpost tucked along the shores of the state’s largest estuary.
Positive Outlook Predicts Less Memory Decline
We may wish some memories could last a lifetime, but many physical and emotional factors can negatively impact our ability to retain information throughout life.
UMass Amherst Research Compares Sensitivity of All Genes to Chemical Exposure
A University of Massachusetts Amherst environmental health scientist has used an unprecedented objective approach to identify which molecular mechanisms in mammals are the most sensitive to chemical exposures.
Streetlights Contribute Less to Nighttime Light Emissions in Cities than Expected
When satellites take pictures of Earth at night, how much of the light that they see comes from streetlights?
Losing Ground in Biodiversity Hotspots Worldwide
Between 1992 and 2015, the world’s most biologically diverse places lost an area more than three times the size of Sweden when the land was converted to other uses, mainly agriculture, or gobbled up by urban sprawl.


