Gulf of Maine Temperature Update: Normal Is the New Cold

Perspectives | Sep 19, 2019

by Andrew Pershing, Ph.D.

Adjunct Scientist & Former Chief Scientific Officer

Around this time each year, our Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Andrew Pershing, likes to share an update about conditions in the Gulf of Maine. Dr. Pershing has led a body research that highlights the rapid pace of warming in the Gulf of Maine.

Read on for an inside look at some of his reflections on the year so far.  

A small white boat moving to the right in a wide open, blue ocean, beneath a blue sky dotted with puffy white clouds.

Learn more from Dr. Pershing in an interview with Maine Public.

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