A team of researchers from across the globe set sail this week on a groundbreaking expedition to understand large pockets of fresh groundwater that sit underneath the ocean floor just south of Martha’s Vineyard.
Farm & Garden
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I’m not one to complain about rain. Any day now it will be hot and dry with non-stop work so I’m enjoying the end of down time.
I’ve said repeatedly that I wish I had a job as a weather forecaster. They get it right maybe half the time.
I’m going to say something that every old person on the planet says on a regular basis: “They don’t make things like they used to!”
I was so happy with the good amount of rain we received on Saint Patrick’s Day.
It was so wonderfully warm and sunny on Tuesday that I saw a honeybee on my crocuses.
Last week’s warmer weather lit a fire under me, finally. Violet and I got out in the yard for some much-needed pruning and raking.
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Nature & Science Stories
More than 60 right whales were sighted 55 miles south of the Island in an aerial survey conducted by the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life on April 23.
The southern pine beetle has devastated parts of some of the Island's forests. Conservation groups are in the early stages of fighting back.