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Fri, 2015-09-04 23:42 — Maeryn Obley

A lobsterman threw back a lobster near Mount Desert, Me. in 2012. The catch in the area has reached record highs. Credit Robert F Bukaty/Associated Press

Image:  A lobsterman threw back a lobster near Mount Desert, Me. in 2012. The catch in the area has reached record highs. Credit Robert F Bukaty/Associated Press

nytimes.com - September 3rd, 2015 - Carl Zimmer

Up in Maine, lobsters are thriving. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission reported last month that stocks there have reached a record high.

Down the coast, however, the story is different.

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Sat, 2015-09-05 09:41 — Kathy Gilbeaux

nature.com - August 4, 2013
Nature Climate Change 3, 919–925 (2013) doi:10.1038/nclimate1958 

. . . According to a 2013 study, marine species are pushing their range boundaries poleward, away from the Equator, at an average speed of 4.5 miles a year. That’s 10 times as faster as the speed at which species on land are moving.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/science/warming-oceans-putting-marine-life-in-a-blender.html?_r=0

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