mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Retired science writer. Follow the climate crisis, museums and research on type 1 diabetes.
Enjoy kayaking on Boston Harbor and blogging about the waterfront at https://ericbender.co/safe-harbor/. Occasionally update a printed color scrapbook about the harbor, https://bookshop.org/p/books/safe-harbor-wandering-the-boston-waterfront-as-the-sea-rises-eric-bender/d956312bf0dd6db1
MBTA launches a “Harbor Loop” ferry route, providing year-round weekday service connecting North Station, Central Wharf, the Seaport and Logan Airport, starting June 29.
Floating wetlands bring back Boston's natural landscape lost to development
https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/05/20/floating-wetland-habitat-fort-point-climate
Boston's new Martin Pierce fireboat, sistership to the John Damrell, nicely described along its delivery voyage:
Resistance in the reeds: What scientists found in 17 city wetlands
Antibiotic-resistance genes turned up at 9X the levels in natural lakes. Researchers say "sponge city” infrastructure requires smarter stormwater engineering.
#climatechange #climatecrisis #flood #ecosystem #environment
My Family’s American Secret
One fateful decision 100 years ago created parallel lives. How does a family broken by the bizarre rules of racism heal itself after three generations apart?
An Artist Revisits the Ghosts of Her Waterfront Childhood
Joana Avillez took six years to illustrate a new edition of Joseph Mitchell’s “The Bottom of the Harbor,” which captures the salty New York neighborhood of her youth.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@ebender00/116589438327104036
A reminder that the NY Times still can produce outstanding journalism:
