The data suggests that the planet, already beset with extreme warmth, is entering an expected stretch of accelerating heat.
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Eelgrass meadows rapidly decline as Casco Bay waters warm
Climate change is blamed for contributing to a 54% reduction in Casco Bay’s eelgrass meadows from 2018 to 2022.
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World on ‘thin ice’ as UN climate report gives stark warning
Humanity still has a chance, close to the last one, to prevent the worst of climate change’s future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said Monday
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World is on brink of climate calamity, definitive U.N. climate report warns
Scientists warn that the world is on the brink of dangerous, irreversible warming in a definitive U.N. climate report and called for more aggressive actions to avert catastrophe.
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Boston seeking to limit fossil fuel use in new buildings
New buildings that rely on fossil fuels would be required to install solar panels in anticipation of a future conversion.
Posted inTimes Record
Brunswick seeks volunteers for climate task force
Brunswick was awarded $50,000 by the state to develop a plan to fight climate change.
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Three houses collapsed into the sea. Now, these North Carolina homeowners are retreating.
Rodanthe’s struggles encapsulate thorny issues around risky coastal development, the unevenness of real estate disclosures, questions about personal risk, the difficulties of protecting oceanfront properties and the obstacles to moving people out of harm’s way.
Posted inTimes Record
Climate commission seminar focuses on Bath coast’s flood risk
Join engineers from GEI Consulting to learn about flood risk in Maine’s City of Ships and take part in a community discussion to share thoughts and concerns. The Bath Climate Action Commission, in partnership with the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust and the Patten Free Library presents “Climate Conversations: The Shoreline and Coastal Waters” from 5:30-7 […]
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
What impact will this winter’s waffling weather have on your garden this summer?
The answer has to do in part with how well you readied the garden last fall.
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Snow has been a no-show for some traditionally wintry cities
For many who pride themselves on thriving in New England winters, the unusually warm conditions have been disorienting and downright depressing.