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The Alewife Journey: A Conservation Success Story
Every spring, alewives make an epic journey from the ocean to Maine's rivers and lakes, carrying vital nutrients that sustain entire ecosystems. Discover why scientists …
Perspectives
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2024 Casco Bay Ecosystem Monitoring Report
Dive into the latest findings from a decade of nearshore monitoring in one of the world's fastest-warming marine ecosystems.
Reports
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Our Role in the National Climate Assessment
In November, the federal government published the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA). Mandated by Congress starting in 1990, the NCA assesses climate change impacts across …
Tidings
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Gulf of Maine, Explained: Ecosystem Modeling
Technology has transformed nearly every workplace in the country over the last 30 years. Research labs are no exception, as modern computing has made significant …
Gulf of Maine, Explained
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Coastal Storms 101
Learn about the forces behind coastal storms, their unique impacts on the Gulf of Maine, and how communities are working to adapt.
Explainers
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Climate Updates and Adaptation
This year, Dr. Kathy Mills and a team of collaborators continued their ongoing work exploring vulnerabilities and responses of Northeast U.S. fishing communities to shifting …
Announcements
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![Three fishermen in orange waders stand on a white boat with a line of large blue bins aboard as they drift on gray waters between rows of black buoys.]()
Advancing Aquaculture: Our Role in an Emerging Industry
In recent years, GMRI has begun a new aquaculture program, focused on growing this emerging industry in the Gulf of Maine. Below, President & CEO …
Perspectives
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![This image shows a grid of maps that display how the biomass of local fish might change under different warming scenarios.]()
Following Fish on the Move
As marine waters off the Northeast Shelf have warmed over the past 30 years, with particularly rapid warming occuring in the past decade, fisheries in …
Announcements
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Sea State Recap: Eating with the Sea
The Gulf of Maine Research Institute’s Joan M. Kelly Sea State Series provides the public with opportunities to talk with and learn from experts across …
Perspectives
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![Chief Scientific Officer Andy Pershing poses outside in the sunlight for a portrait in front of a marina, wearing a blue vest with Gulf of Maine Research Institute written on the upper left.]()
Exploring the Impacts of El Niño
Early last year, everybody wanted to know about El Niño. What is it? How does it affect ocean temperatures? With these questions swirling, Chief Scientific …
Perspectives
The Alewife Journey: A Conservation Success Story
Every spring, alewives make an epic journey from the ocean to Maine's rivers and lakes, carrying vital nutrients that sustain entire ecosystems. Discover why scientists …
Perspectives
2024 Casco Bay Ecosystem Monitoring Report
Dive into the latest findings from a decade of nearshore monitoring in one of the world's fastest-warming marine ecosystems.
Reports
Our Role in the National Climate Assessment
In November, the federal government published the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA). Mandated by Congress starting in 1990, the NCA assesses climate change impacts across …
Tidings
Gulf of Maine, Explained: Ecosystem Modeling
Technology has transformed nearly every workplace in the country over the last 30 years. Research labs are no exception, as modern computing has made significant …
Gulf of Maine, Explained
Coastal Storms 101
Learn about the forces behind coastal storms, their unique impacts on the Gulf of Maine, and how communities are working to adapt.
Explainers
Climate Updates and Adaptation
This year, Dr. Kathy Mills and a team of collaborators continued their ongoing work exploring vulnerabilities and responses of Northeast U.S. fishing communities to shifting …
Announcements
Advancing Aquaculture: Our Role in an Emerging Industry
In recent years, GMRI has begun a new aquaculture program, focused on growing this emerging industry in the Gulf of Maine. Below, President & CEO …
Perspectives
Following Fish on the Move
As marine waters off the Northeast Shelf have warmed over the past 30 years, with particularly rapid warming occuring in the past decade, fisheries in …
Announcements
Sea State Recap: Eating with the Sea
The Gulf of Maine Research Institute’s Joan M. Kelly Sea State Series provides the public with opportunities to talk with and learn from experts across …
Perspectives
Exploring the Impacts of El Niño
Early last year, everybody wanted to know about El Niño. What is it? How does it affect ocean temperatures? With these questions swirling, Chief Scientific …
Perspectives