Wintertime discharges from the company’s dam reservoirs are warming the Gulf of Maine, starving its fisheries and may be a key factor in the decline of Arctic sea ice.
climate change
Posted inMaine Gardener, Source
This is a job for – cue epic theme song – garden superheroes!
Gardeners who sign on for assisted migration could save plant species from extinction.
advertisement
Posted inBusiness, Life & Culture, Nation & World, News
Wind power can raise global temperatures, Harvard study finds
While researchers point to short-term detrimental effects to the environment, they maintain that wind is preferable to fossil fuels in the long run.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Obama’s EPA chief rallies Portland audience
Gina McCarthy, the former EPA administrator, told a crowd of several hundred that President Trump cannot easily unravel regulations developed over the course of decades.
Posted inNation & World
Global temperatures will rise 7 degrees by next century
The White House is arguing that since the planet’s fate is already sealed, efforts to fight climate change would do little.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: How we’re making climate change even more expensive
It’s not just the potential disruptions to weather systems, agriculture and coastal cities; it’s that we may respond to those problems in stupid and destructive ways.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Rep. Pingree: Congress must face the unassailable reality of climate change
With the help of allies on Capitol Hill, the Trump administration is refusing to stand up for science.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Climate change does occur slowly – until human actions overpower nature
To say a vast majority of people won’t be affected by warming overlooks recent distressing events and hampers recognition of the dangers we face.
Posted inMaine, News, Science
Waters off New England headed for one of the hottest summers in history
An analysis by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute finds that during one 10-day stretch in August the sea surface temperature was nearly 5 degrees Fahrenheit above the long-term average.
Posted inMeet, Source
Chance meeting at Harpswell tidepool set Meredith White on a career path
Now she’s running research and development for Mook Sea Farm.