News

Wed, 02/12/2014

Research conducted over the past couple of years has clearly shown that Tantramar is in a precarious position should a severe flood hit the region. With sea levels on the rise, climate change creating more extreme weather events, and an inadequate dyke...

Sat, 02/08/2014

Aerial view of the flooded village of Moorland in Somerset. Photograph: James Dadzitis/SWNS.com[/caption] Severe flooding threatens to undermine the country's food security, according to farmers and environmental groups, who today accuse the government of...

Mon, 01/20/2014

As an arctic front descends upon the region, four New England communities are taking part in a project to help educate and prepare for the potential effect of climate change. In the fall of 2012, participants from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (...

Mon, 01/06/2014

Check out this great video about climate change and what the city of Hoi An in Vietnam is doing to make itself more sustainable and resilient to flooding and...

Thu, 12/05/2013

"The future of our NH Seacoast city might depend on us, and we have one hour to reach an agreement. I look to the “city engineer” and the “conservation commission chair” with hope. If they can see past their differences about...

Thu, 12/05/2013

"Climate change is not a game. Yet the group of town employees from the Barnstable public works and growth management departments I joined Wednesday were instructed to treat the politically charged scientific debate exactly like a game....

Tue, 11/19/2013

COAST visualization for Portland, Maine, of lost real estate values under a SLR and SS scenario in the year 2050.[/caption] By: Rhode Island Sea Grant Law Fellows at the Roger Williams University School of Law Marine Affairs Institute November 19, 2013 In...

Thu, 11/14/2013

As Gloucester, Salem, and Beverly increasingly look toward the ocean to generate more revenue through tourism and marine industries, the cities received a big boost last week when the state awarded nearly $10 million for shoreline infrastructure...

Sun, 10/27/2013

From an environmental and economic perspective, rebuilding the coast might not be worth it. But locals have a different view.[/caption] One year ago Tuesday, Hurricane Sandy bore down on the East Coast, devastating shoreline communities from Florida to...

Sun, 10/13/2013

"Whether or not we all agree on the causes, the global climate is changing. Locally, weather is less predictable and severe weather appears to be more frequent. The times at which plants germinate and flower, or animals migrate, are earlier than they have been...