The massive algae bloom in the Gulf of Maine this past summer serves as a stark reminder of the need for new and better data. Much of the Gulf of Maine looked like coffee last summer due to an ...

Shrimp is one of the iconic New England meals. Unfortunately, Gulf of Maine shrimp or northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) are a cold-water species and New England is on the very southern tip of their ...

PORTLAND, Maine -- The warming of the waters off the East Coast has come at an invisible, but very steep cost -- the loss of microscopic organisms that make up the base of the ocean's food chain. The ...

This summer, the world's oceans have seen record-breaking warming. The global ocean is now — on average — hotter than ever before in recorded history. But the Gulf of Maine, which stretches from Cape ...

Satellites detect and confirm the presence of tiny red plankton, Calanus finmarchicus, that feeds and protects North Atlantic ...

PORTLAND, Maine (CBS) -- Beachgoers in Maine say their feet turned black after spending a day at the ocean. People all along Maine's southern coast reported their feet turning different shades of gray ...