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Climate change is threatening farms across New England. Here’s how farmers are responding.
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New England’s Climate Future: City, Land and Sea
What might optimistic—yet realistic—scenarios for New England’s climate future look like? As our summers get hotter, storms get stronger, sea levels rise and other consequences become more apparent, climate change is top of mind. Hear from a panel of three renowned climate experts on their transformational visions for New England – and reasons for hope.
Discover the specific impacts that may affect New England the most, and how we can rise to meet these challenges. This inspiring evening will leave you with an understanding of not only the threats but the positive actions that can help our communities, region and nation address climate change.
Learn what you as an individual can do, how to talk with your children about the climate future and how to discuss climate solutions with your neighbors, relatives and friends – even the skeptical ones– in a productive and empowering way.
This event was presented with support from Museum of Science.Partner:GBH Events -
Withering heat is more common, but getting AC is still a struggle in public housing
When deadly heat hit the Pacific Northwest two years ago, hundreds of people died, including several residents of public housing in Portland. That's where… -
Yes, heat can affect your brain and mood. Here's why
If you're feeling a bit brain-fogged these days, you might not be wrong to blame it on the heat.Several summers back, researchers in Boston studied young… -
Fishing ban may only be one step toward preventing king salmon, orca extinctions
Environmentalists and the fishing industry are going head to head in the courts over a proposed shutdown of one of Alaska's largest fisheries, but it still might not be enough to save king salmon. -
Ask Dave Epstein: Does extreme summer weather signal a new phase of climate change?
Scientists won't know exactly how to make sense of this summer until we get more years under our belts. -
How climate change could cause a home insurance meltdown
Big wildfires had started burning more often in California, creeping closer to Beth Pratt's home near Yosemite National Park. So Pratt did what homeowners… -
Northeast floods devastate 'heartbroken' farmers as months of labor and crops are swept away
Well before it was warm enough to plant seedlings in the ground, farmer Micah Barritt began nursing crops like watermelon, eggplant and tomatoes —… -
Extreme heat will smother the South from Arizona to Florida
After a weekend of broiling heat waves in the Southwest and South Florida, more extreme heat is forecast to build throughout the week. Forecasters say… -
Air quality is worsening across the Midwest due to Canadian wildfire smoke
Smoke from wildfires in Canada is again blanketing parts of the U.S. with a thick haze that's reducing visibility and prompting air quality warnings in…
