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A new study by fisheries scientists in Woods Hole shows that about half of the 36 fish stocks they surveyed had shifted north or east toward cooler waters over the past 40 years, possibly in response to rising water temperatures due to global warming.

We agree: Pollution is not quaint. Therefore, your editorial conclusions about the Dennis cottage colony should be based upon facts.

The National Marine Life Center's new hospital facility received a big boost from the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole over the past few weeks, officials from the marine animal hospital said this week.

Their findings, published in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series , show the impact of changing coastal and ocean temperatures on fisheries from Cape Hatteras, N.C., to the Canadian border.

The Steamship Authority will spend $8.6 million on a 47-acre industrial site in Falmouth to develop a new parking lot off Route 28.

While it may not be the lifelong love affair the late U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy had with Cape Cod, Senate candidate Steve Pagliuca is a big fan.

The 38th season of the Woods Hole Folk Music Society continues Sunday with a concert of traditional Appalachian, Irish and Scottish music by Little Windows.

Researchers are using a remotely operated vehicle and satellite-linked data loggers to learn more about turtle behavior in commercial fishing areas and to develop new ways to avoid catching turtles in fishing gear.

Published Online October 22, 2009 Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1180251 Reports Submitted on August 6, 2009 Accepted on October 7, 2009 Jerry M. Melillo 1*, John M. Reilly 2, David W. Kicklighter 1, Angelo C. Gurgel 3, Timothy W. Cronin 4, Sergey Paltsev 2, Benjamin S. Felzer 5, Xiaodong Wang 6, Andrei P. Sokolov 2, C. Adam Schlosser 2 1 The ...

Carbon emissions caused by the displacement of food crops and pastures may be twice as much as those from lands devoted to biofuels production IMAGE: MBL senior scientist Jerry Melillo and his colleagues have found that carbon emissions from land-use change caused by the displacement of food crops and pastures by a global biofuels program... MBL, ...

The promise of biofuels like ethanol is that they will someday help the world grow its way out of its addiction to oil.

That's the comparison Joan Edstrom makes as a shorthand for explaining the female-centric comedy she's directing for Woods Hole Theater Company.

William Y. Brown, the president and chief executive officer of the Academy of Natural Sciences, is leaving the job in January to work at the Woods Hole Research Center in Massachusetts.

Remember, it is Blog Action Day . Professor Anthony Broccoli, Ph.D. is an associate chair of the Department of Environmental Sciences at Rutgers University, as well as the co-director of the Climate and Environmental Change Initiative and director of the Center for Environmental Prediction for the university.

Beginning today, the Transportation Security Administration , in partnership with the Steamship Authority, will launch a three-week technology pilot program at the Woods Hole terminal.

William Brown has been selected as the new director of the Woods Hole Research Center, according to the institute's Web site.

The Seaside Treasures Quilt Show will be helod this weekend at Cultural Center of Cape Cod in South Yamouth.

It's easy to assume, for instance, that people in a certain group act and think alike.

At the Marine Biological Laboratory yesterday, a group of about 20 international delegates clustered together in a room that houses a variety of marine creatures.