By adamg - 1/16/25 - 1:49 pm

WBUR looks at the work of a band of researchers dedicated to preserving and even expanding the shrinking eelgrass beds off the Massachusetts coast - which help shelter young fish and even reduce the impact of coastal storms, but which are threatened by warming seas and a flood of nitrogen and other harmful substances from land.

Waxing gibbous moon over sea from Salem
By adamg - 8/17/19 - 12:49 pm

Rick Macomber watched the waning gibbous moon from Fort Pickering Light at Winter Island in Salem last night.

Gloucester lobster boat heads out to sea
By adamg - 9/9/14 - 8:09 am

Joey Ciaramitaro captured the F/V Kathryn Leigh heading out from Gloucester Harbor for some lobstering at 5:51 a.m. today.

Copyright Joey Ciaramitaro. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

By adamg - 9/3/14 - 10:28 pm

WCVB reports two kayakers taking seal pictures were overturned by a great white shark - which tried taking a bite out of one of their kayaks.

By adamg - 8/25/14 - 9:32 pm

State Police recorded this great white off Duxbury today from one of their helicopters.

A man and his bass
By adamg - 5/22/14 - 6:40 am

Christian Ilsey shows off the striped bass he caught yesterday on his boat out of Jeffries Point.

Fishing along Lynn Shore Drive
By adamg - 5/18/14 - 12:18 am

It was a nice day for driving along Lynn Shore Drive with the window down - and stopping to take in the view.

At high tide, the waves crashed into the seawall, sending spray on anyone close enough to the wall.

Lighthouses in the surf
By adamg - 12/15/13 - 3:41 pm

Boston Harbor Beacon notes the storm meant some 20-foot-high waves in the outer harbor:

Boston Light in the foreground, Graves Light in the distance. I took it at Fort Revere in Hull this morning.