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Winter Botany: Sneaky Photosynthesis

By Kelly A. Omand | February 19, 2021
Scrub oaks draped with gray-green lichens that are taking the opportunity to photosynthesize after a heavy rain. Photo: K.A. Omand One of the complaints people make during winter and early...
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Survival Strategies for Wildlife in Winter

By Danielle O'Dell | February 11, 2021
With Nantucket’s first real stretch of cold this winter and even some recent snow fall, it leads one to wonder about how wildlife survive constant exposure to wicked coastal New...
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Freshwater Wetlands Breathe Life Around the Island

By Jen Karberg | February 5, 2021
By Dr Jen Karberg, Research Program Supervisor 30 miles off the mainland, anchored in the Atlantic Ocean, Nantucketer's know better than many how water shapes our natural world. Wetlands are...

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