Brian Mayton, a member of the Living Observatory and research affiliate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, reads research papers at his desk at MIT, Wednesday, March 25, 2026 in Cambridge Mass. (Jamie Jiang/MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing via AP)

Brian Mayton, a member of the Living Observatory and research affiliate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, holds a prototype of a sensor meant to collect ecological data from wetlands Wednesday, March 25, 2026, at MIT in Cambridge Mass. (Jamie Jiang/MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing via AP)

A Living Observatory sensor that measures temperature, humidity and atmospheric pressure is seen at Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary in Plymouth, Mass., Sunday, March 15, 2026. (Jamie Jiang/MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing via AP)

Water flows down a stream at Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary, a restored wetland in Plymouth, Mass., Saturday, March 14, 2026. (Julia Vaz/MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing via AP)

A cranberry bog is visible as cranberry vines are dormant during the offseason Sunday, March 15, 2026, in Wareham, Mass. (Jamie Jiang/MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing via AP)

A stream runs through Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary in Plymouth, Mass., Sunday, March 15, 2026. (Julia Vaz/MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing via AP)

Kim Snyder, an education coordinator at Mass Audubon, a conservation organization, shows sphagnum moss growing at Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary in Plymouth, Mass., Thursday, March 19, 2026. (Julia Vaz/MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing via AP)

Kim Snyder, an education coordinator at Mass Audubon, a conservation organization, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Thursday, March 19, 2026, at Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary in Plymouth, Mass. (Julia Vaz/MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing via AP)