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Snotbot2

Don’t let the name fool you. The ‘Snotbot’ drone could innovate how we track whales.

Science

According to its inventors, the device is cheaper, safer for whales and a treasure of data.

FoodCorps grows food for education and change

U.S. pitching in to help British city make special pie for queen’s diamond jubilee

Global Politics
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Sea Lampreys: Great Lakes Catch Fit for an English Queen

Global Politics
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Gloucester at the Crossroads

Listener Letters

This week, a listener who was inspired by our story on the Gloucester fishery calls to read from Thoreau’s journal following a visit to the town.

The World

Gloucester’s Legacy of Loss

Since its birth as the nation’s first fishing port in 1623, men from Gloucester, Massachusetts, have been going down to the sea in their ships, and many have never returned. Those who keep track say more than ten thousand lives have been lost over the years in the hunt and harvest for seafood. In an […]

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Gloucester at the Crossroads #4: Harbor Zoning Suspense

In New England, fishing boat operators and scientists continue to debate just how many fish there are in the sea. Some observers say the cod and other groundfish stocks are dwindling to a dangerously low level in the once-bountiful Gulf of Maine. But last month a federal management council backed off from a plan to […]

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Gloucester at the Crossroads

In this second installment of his Gloucester series, Living on Earth’s Sandy Tolan spends time with the town mothers and fathers as the fishing community prepares for its annual celebration, the St. Peter’s Fiesta.

Gloucester at the Crossroads Series: Part 3 – A Port Shaped by of Loss

Gloucester, Massachusetts is no stranger to loss. Even in times of bountiful harvests, thousands of families have had to endure the deaths of their men lost at sea. In another installment of our series “Gloucester at the Crossroads”, producer and Gloucester resident Sandy Tolan considers how an overriding sense of loss has shaped the lives […]