When melting ice combines with a high tide, you get some wildly rushing rivers and waters reaching up past the bottom steps of coastal walkways. Standing on the bridge between Topsham and Brunswick last week, you could hardly hear as the water rushed over the rocks. Just a few weeks ago, there were ice shacks […]

You might not think you’d find a standing room only crowd at a science talk. But, on a snowy April evening, an eager group gathered at the Curtis Memorial Library to hear a presentation entitled “Ocean Acidification, Climate Change, and You.” The talk was the last in a series put together by the Friends of […]

Earth Day is coming up next week. Much of our Earth is covered with water, as I wrote about last week in my column about ocean mapping. So, while planting trees and picking up trash may come to mind as ways to celebrate a day dedicated to taking care of our Earth, there are also […]