The shifting current may cause breakaway areas of warm water that raise temperatures in the Gulf of Maine for months at a time, a study finds.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Times Record
Climate demonstrator outside L.L. Bean gets surprise visit from CEO
Freeport resident and retired schoolteacher William Rixon has been demonstrating outside L.L. Bean since the beginning of September. This week, he got a response.
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Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Yarmouth teen honored in D.C. with Girls Leading Change award
Leela Marie Hidier hopes her writing evokes empathy around climate change and its consequences.
Posted inNation & World, News
These houses are at risk of falling into the sea. The U.S. government bought them.
‘It will be a safer beach,’ says the National Park Service official who pushed for the buyouts and has seen other homes collapse and scatter debris for miles.
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As Maine warms, scientists search for tree species that will keep its forests growing
Some are experimenting with assisted forest migration, relocating trees from more southerly habitats that might do well in Maine as temperatures rise and drive out native species.
Posted inNation & World
A sudden spike in global warmth is so extreme, it’s mysterious
The recent warmth is so far outside the realm of what has occurred, it creates a new conundrum that will take time for research to unpack.
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Biden awards $7 billion for clean hydrogen hubs across U.S. to help replace fossil fuels
His goal is to establish seven regional hubs to help replace fossil fuels such as coal and oil with cleaner-burning hydrogen as an energy source for vehicles, manufacturing and generating electricity.
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Forty percent of Antarctica’s ice shelves are shrinking, worrying scientists
Ice shelves play a critical role in slowing the flow of ice on land into the ocean by essentially acting as a wall.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Pine Tree Power provides a path to a cleaner, more resilient Maine
Under Pine Tree Power, Mainers will call the shots, not executives in a boardroom with one eye on Wall Street.
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Yarmouth teen among 15 recognized by Jill Biden for work to improve their communities
Leela Marie Hidier, 18, is a climate social justice advocate and author of an award-winning debut novel, ‘Changes in the Weather.’