The rapid expansion, over-exploitation and subsequent decline in whale stocks in the northern hemisphere in the 20th century ...

Weather reports made by mariners more than two hundred years ago may have relevance for research into climate change today. Some local scientists believe the records from whaling ship logs hold data ...

Given our local history, it's not hard to imagine one of the old whaling ships driving hard through the South Pacific. Since we tend to think of sailing as a summertime thing, maybe it would be a good ...

Old whaling ship logbooks in a local library may offer up new insight into climate change. An unlikely project is unfolding at the Providence Public Library. Local historians and scientists are ...