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Salisbury Beach residents seek help from state to combat erosion
Residents of Salisbury, Massachusetts, are calling for help to protect their beachfront homes. Coastal erosion has taken its toll on Salisbury Beach. Residents spent $600,000 out of pocket and trucked in 15,000 tons of sand for protective dunes last week, only for half of the sand to wash away in Sunday’s storm. A meeting was scheduled Wednesday afternoon. At the…
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Salisbury Beach residents seek help to protect their homes
Homeowners spoke up at a community meeting about beach erosion concerns.
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Salisbury Beach residents spent $600K on protective dunes — a single storm destroyed them
Hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent in an effort to protect beachfront homes in Salisbury, Massachusetts, and it took just one storm to bring residents back to reality. Sunday’s storm, like so many before, proved costly on Salisbury Beach, but for a different reason. On Thursday, residents had just finished trucking in 15,000 tons of sand, paying the $600,000…
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Climate 2023: These are some ways to save the environment and your wallet
Did you know there are many things you can do at home to help protect the environment and your wallet? National Grid Vice President of Smart Solutions, Carlos Nouel, introduces ways in which customers can upgrade their appliances at home through the help of National Grid to benefit the environment and modernize their living while saving themselves some money. Are...
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Beach erosion has some Salisbury residents living on the edge
A sand dune project aiming to protect beachfront homes was destroyed in a single storm.
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Record warm winter ends with extreme weather coast to coast
February was the hottest ever recorded, and global data shows it was also the hottest winter on-record — by nearly 3°F! Meteorological winter also ended with a week of extreme weather across the U.S. National climate reporter Chase Cain shows how winter is the fastest warming season.
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Electric vehicle drivers increasingly frustrated with charging stations, new report shows
A national survey of electric vehicle drivers from J.D. Power shows Americans generally love driving EVs, but there’s growing dissatisfaction around finding a working charging station. It’s even more problematic for those who don’t drive a Tesla. National climate reporter Chase Cain shows us what’s being done about the disconnect with EV chargers.
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‘Totally a surprise': Large piece of ship that wrecked in 1909 washes up on Crane Beach
The Ada K. Damon, built in 1875, ran aground in 1909; a 53-foot section washed ashore this weekend in Ipswich, Massachusetts
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Shipwreck revealed on Crane Beach in Ipswich after more than 100 years
Part of the Ada K. Damon, which sank more than a century ago, was recently uncovered.
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New Mass. plan puts equity at center of environmental policy
Massachusetts’ environmental arm has a new strategy to bring equity into focus in the programs and policies under its purview. The Healey administration released its first environmental justice strategy Thursday, a 182-page report to drive new practices with the “deep understanding that all communities deserve environmental protection regardless of race, national origin, or income bracket,” a release from the administration said....
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Dandelions and shrubs to replace rubber, new grains and more: Are alternative crops realistic?
Many companies, philanthropic organizations and national and international entities tout the promise of alternative crops to fight climate change.
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Our oceans have a fever, threatening marine life and Atlantic hurricane season
Extreme heat across Earth’s oceans coincides with the eighth consecutive month of record-breaking global temperatures. The relentless heat threatens marine life and could spell trouble for Atlantic hurricane season. National climate reporter Chase Cain dives in to what’s driving the record temperatures.
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As storms bring more flooding, Boston considers options to mitigate impacts
After another nor’easter slammed New England this week, with Boston’s Long Wharf impacted by flooding Tuesday. A City of Boston initiative estimates sea levels could rise by 2 to 7 feet by the year 2100. Stone Living Lab is working to test a natural defense system to buffer these storm surges and high tides. The lab is researching the use…
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Proposals aims to limit flooding in Boston
Tuesday’s nor’easter brought more flooding in parts of Boston.
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As Salem prepares for flooding, expert says it will worsen with climate change
Salem State University professor Stephen Young says issues like flooding and heavy rains in the winter will only get worse with climate change. In fact, his research shows southern New England is losing snow 90% faster than anywhere else in the world that’s experiencing snow decline....
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As Salem prepares for flooding, expert says it will worsen with climate change
Almost one month to the day after a storm compromised a 30-foot section of this sea wall on Beach Avenue, Salem, Massachusetts, is bracing for another. “We had one sea wall suffered some significant damage in the last storm in the middle of January. We did have a temporary replacement installed with some bunker block,” Salem Mayor Dominick Pangallo told…
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NASA launches new satellite to study climate change influence in our oceans, atmosphere
NASA’s PACE satellite is now orbiting Earth, giving a more detailed look at plankton in our oceans and aerosols in our atmosphere. Scientists hope to better understand how climate change is affecting Earth’s carbon cycle. National climate reporter Chase Cain explains how, for scientists, it will be like coloring with a much bigger box of crayons.
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Category 6 hurricanes? Pair of scientists propose new category as climate change strengthens storms
A handful of super powerful tropical cyclones in the last decade has a couple of experts proposing a new category of whopper hurricanes: Category 6.
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Atmospheric rivers getting bigger, wetter because of climate change
New research joins studies from NASA and NOAA in showing a clear link between climate change and more intense atmospheric rivers. The storms which flow off the Pacific Ocean are becoming increasingly wet, triggering more frequent flooding as the planet warms. National climate reporter Chase Cain explains how climate change is making atmospheric rivers more hazardous.
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Groundhog Day: Coin toss (and a Mass. animal) Punxsutawney Phil
It turns out that climate change is a challenge for Punxsutawney Phil — since 2013, tossing a coin turns out to be more accurate than the groundhog is at predicting an early spring, according to a new analysis. And our own meteorologist Pete Bouchard says there’s another more accurate forecaster: Massachusetts’ Ms. G, a groundhog at the Mass Audubon Drumlin...
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Groundhog Day predictions less accurate amid climate change
Punxsutawney Phil’s predictions are increasingly wrong as climate change shortens winter. A new analysis of the groundhog’s forecast shows he would be twice as accurate if he always predicted an early spring. National climate reporter Chase Cain digs-in to how winter warming is affecting the tradition of Groundhog Day.