‘What we are seeing are climate change impacts in the here and now,’ says Gail Carlson, a Colby College professor.
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Posted inNew England, News
Vermont starts long road to recovery from historic floods, helped by army of volunteers
Vermonters are working to dry out homes and businesses damaged by this week’s historic flooding and keeping a wary eye on the horizon with another round of storms on the horizon.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: No walls are high enough to keep out people desperate for a safe place
Instead of wasting precious time trying to shut today’s refugees out, we can prepare for them in a way that could benefit all of us.
Posted inNew England, News
Vermonters rush to dry out flooded homes and businesses with more storms on the horizon
More rain is expected on Sunday and Tuesday.
Posted inFood & Dining, Nation & World, News
Got Sriracha? The price for a bottle of Huy Fong’s iconic hot sauce gets spicy with supplies short
Prices range depending where you look. As of Thursday morning, for example, ads for a single 17-ounce Huy Fong Foods’ Sriracha on eBay stretched from around $20 to a whopping $150.
Posted inNation & World, News
One-third of U.S. under heat alerts as blistering weather spreads from Southwest to California
Phoenix hit 110 degrees for the 14th consecutive day Thursday, putting it on track for a possible new record next week.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: We can’t afford to get used to climate change
A series of wet, dreary weeks culminated in natural disaster in parts of the Northeast. The writing is, once again, on the wall.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Susana Hancock: Until we get off fossil fuels, stuck weather patterns will worsen
Humanity has a choice to make.
Posted inNation & World, News
Florida in hot water as ocean temperatures rise along with the humidity
Global sea surface temperatures have been record high since April, and the North Atlantic has been off-the-charts hot since mid-March, meteorologists report, as climate change is linked to more extreme and deadly events.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Climate change ratchets up stress on farmworkers on the front lines of a warming Earth
As Earth this week set and then repeatedly broke unofficial records for average global heat, it served as a reminder of a danger that climate change is making steadily worse for farmworkers and others who labor outside.