HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- Dalhousie University issued the following news release: Thursday, August 22, 2024 (Millbrook, NS) _ A new conservation project will bring together Nova Scotia community members, Mi'kmaq leaders and Dalhousie University scientists to replant eelgrass and regenerate these important meadows throughout the province for the long-term. The Community Eelgrass Restoration Initiative (CERI), a collaboration led by the Future of Marine Ecosystems (FOME) research  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 20 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news on Aug. 19, 2024: * * * State of Maine and Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management reach agreement on the country's first research lease in the Gulf of Maine for a floating offshore wind research array, a milestone in Maine's efforts to advance responsible offshore wind development * * * Governor Janet Mills today announced that the State and the Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) have agreed on a  more

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Aug. 21 -- The Journal of Marine Science, a journal that says it serves as a foundation for scientific advice across the broad spectrum of management and conservation issues related to the marine environment from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2024 edition (Vol. 81, Issue 6): Food for Thoughts * Watching the sunrise on our ocean planet in a new era of marine science * Places to go  more

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news: In emotional ceremonies attended by hundreds of people, life-size bronze statues of two 20th-century women whose legacies continue to improve people's lives were unveiled Aug. 17 in downtown Ithaca. While Frances Perkins watched the policies she created as the New Deal-era U.S. secretary of labor unfold across the nation, Lucy Brown was helping shape Ithaca neighborhood housing and the futures of local families. Both w  more