Roughly 40 million adults in the U.S. have hearing loss, but most don’t use hearing aids. This increases the risk of social isolation, physical and cognitive decline and may lead to premature death.
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Why are we seeing more black sea bass in Rhode Island and Massachusetts?
A recent report from the state of Rhode Island shows that local landings of black sea bass are higher than ever before. That’s in part thanks to climate change. Warming waters mean black sea bass are moving northward. Now, as more Rhode Island fishermen target them, black sea bass is starting to appear on local dinner tables – filling plates left empty by species whose populations are dwindling due to climate change.
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New research suggests cod, New England’s founding fish, may be returning to local waters
Atlantic cod, once a mainstay of the region’s economy, is being fished at historically low levels, but a research scientist whose past findings opened up a tightly regulated scallop fishery says cod may be staging a comeback.
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Smaller fish to fry: Rhode Island project hopes to boost interest in scup
For those who fish off the coast of New England, scup is commonplace. It’s a small fish that plays a modest role in the region’s commercial seafood industry, often used for bait or shipped whole to markets in New York and Boston. An industry research group is now leading an effort to popularize the sustainable fish more broadly, which it says could be a boon for Rhode Island fishermen.
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Death Valley’s brutal 130 degrees may be record if verified
Death Valley reported a temperature of 130 degrees amid a blistering heat wave. If meteorologists can verify Sunday’s reading it would be the hottest temperature on Earth in more than 89 years. It would be the third hottest on record, behind 134 degrees measured in the same place in 1913. It also would be hottest August temperature recorded on Earth. The World Meteorological Organization is investigating. Scientists say the conditions were ripe for such a record. And it came in a week of wild weather bingo, including a fire tornado and a devastating derecho.
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Radioactivity hike seen in northern Europe; source unknown
Nordic authorities say they detected slightly increased levels of radioactivity in northern Europe this month that Dutch officials said may be from a source in western Russia and may “indicate damage to a fuel element in a nuclear power plant.” But Russian news agency TASS quoted a spokesman with the state nuclear power operator Rosenergoatom on Saturday as saying the two nuclear power plans in northwestern Russia haven’t reported any problems. The Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish radiation and nuclear safety watchdogs said this week they’ve spotted small amounts of radioactive isotopes harmless to humans and the environment in parts of Finland, southern Scandinavia and the Arctic. They didn’t speculate about a possible source.
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Looking for a coronavirus distraction that’s out of this world?
The Frosty Drew Observatory in Charlestown is launching a weekly stargazing live stream beginning tonight. The goal is to give people a source of inspiration and a much-needed distraction from the coronavirus crisis.
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Climate Is Still Changing
The climate is still warming. And this is why it’s bad. But here are some reasons why it’s not an absolutely terrible thing. And here’s a way scientists say we can try to curb it, but it’s not a sure fix. Climate Change it’s a thing. We know. It’s impacting animals. It’s impacting humans. It’s […]
