Ocean researchers look cows’ diets to protect oceans [Video]

JACOB MURPHY GOT TO LISTEN TO THE PROGRAM, AND HAS THE DETAILS. THIS MONTH, BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES SPOKE AT USM’S HANNAFORD HALL TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES FACING OUR OCEAN, AS WELL AS SOLUTIONS MOVING FORWARD. “PROBABLY THE MOST PROMINENT PROBLEM RIGHT NOW, IN THE GULF OF MAINE FOR EXAMPLE, IS WARMING.” THE C-E-O OF BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES, DR. DEBORAH BRONK, WAS THIS MONTH’S SPEAKER. SHE SAYS ONE WAY A WARMING OCEANS COULD AFFECT BUSINESSES HERE IN MAINE… IS THROUGH THE MOVEMENT OF LOBSTERS. “MAINE HAS BENEFITTED FROM THE MARCH OF LOBSTERS AS WATERS HAVE WARMED FROM LONG ISLAND, UP TO CAPE COD, AND NOW IN THE GULF OF MAINE, AND ONE BIG CONCERN IS ARE THEY GOING TO KEEP MOVING NORTH AS IT WARMS.” BUT BRONK SAYS THAT THROUGH THEIR RESEARCH THERE IS OPTIMISM… AS THEY LOOK AT POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE FUTURE. FOR EXAMPLE: …