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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 system holding back the tides, it is no longer a question of if,…

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 failing to address the effects of climate change on coastal and rural areas. As gales swept southern and western parts of…

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 (MIT) Science Impact Collaborative, the Consensus Building Institute and the National Estuarine Research…

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 other climate change risks. Flood Lines – Urban Adaption to Climate Change in Hoi An, Vietnam In the city of Hoi An, the people show great resiliency…

“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. No, this wasn’t a gathering of climate change-deniers mocking a global threat (though the skeptics were well represented). The…

“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 changing stormwater regulations, and realize that they both want the same thing –a resilient community–we…

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 Hampton and Seabrook, New Hampshire and Portland, Maine, climate change adaptation processes are…

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 improvements. For Gloucester, the $5.6 million grant from the Seaport Advisory Council represents the largest subsidy the city…

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 Maine. Many of these areas have been rebuilt, including the Long Beach boardwalk, about 30 miles outside…

“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 historically. What else can we expect? Sea levels will rise to some…