Former NYTimes health and science editor Cornelia Dean has been a steady presence on in the paper this month. Summer calls her to the coast of New England.

Fishing Gear Is Altered to Ease Collateral Costs to Marine Life

Modifications to fishing gear are helping to limit accidental catches of marine creatures in fishing operations.

Lobsters Find Utopia Off Maine, but Biologists See Trouble

Baited traps that help give lobsters a steady food supply and intense fishing of species that prey on them have helped create single-species crowding off Maine’s coast.

‘The World’s Beaches’ Book Review – Shorelines That May Not Last

Four coastal scientists have come to the aid of the beach curious with a comprehensive, readable guide to the physical features of many kinds of beaches and the threats they face.