Tag: Climate Change
Why climate change is making it harder to chase fall foliage
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Droughts that cause leaves to turn brown and wither before they can reach peak color. Heat waves prompting leaves to...
Addressing climate change through endowment investments
Harvard University will keep phasing out all investments tied to oil, gas and coal, it announced on Sept. 9. Harvard President Larry Bacow cast...
URI-led researchers get $1.5M grant to study ties between sea-level rise,...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Researchers at the University of Rhode Island and Pennsylvania State University have received a four-year, $1.5 million grant from the National...
Climate change is an infrastructure problem
Most of America’s 107,000 gas stations can fill several cars every five or 10 minutes at multiple pumps. Not so for electric-vehicle chargers –...
Risk to coastal economies is rising
As the sea level rises, it can be easy to miss the subtlety of higher water. It’s much harder to overlook saltwater more frequently...
With tides rising, coastal cities need some answers
The oceans are rising at an accelerating rate, and millions of people are in the way. Rising tides are already affecting cities along low-lying...
SURGE MENTALITY: Warning sounded about Providence’s widespread flood risks
Arnold “Buff” Chace Jr. was 7 years old when Hurricane Carol ravaged Rhode Island, with a storm surge that submerged downtown Providence in 12...
Opinion: Yes on Question 2 to support clean water, climate resilience,...
Turning the faucet on for a cold drink of water or for a shower in the morning. Something so routine we don’t even think...
Biden to fight climate change in a new way
Joe Biden is preparing to deal with climate change in a way no U.S. president has done before – by mobilizing his entire administration...
U.S. financial system threatened by climate change
Burnt orange daytime skies signal that the consequences of climate change are already here. But while we tend to focus on the death and...
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