From the always useful CZ-Mail newsletter. A collaborative effort between CZM, the town of Scituate, and the National Weather Service (NWS) will set the stage for much better documentation of storm events and improved forecasts. Various spots along the Massachusetts coastline have a reputation for frequent damage from storms and coastal flooding. Scituate has a […]
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Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Awarded $1.3M for Climate Change Research
Posted on October 25, 2011
From a press release (PDF) shared by Janet Freedman: The Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (WBNERR) has been awarded a $1.3 million grant by the National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) Science Collaborative to examine the role that salt marshes play in taking up carbon dioxide and offsetting climate change and the effect that […]
New Bedford Hurricane Barrier Maintenance to Start Next Month
Posted on September 19, 2011
The hurricane barrier protecting New Bedford will be pulled off-line for routine maintenance from October 24 to November 21 and then again next spring from April 30 to July 2. SouthCoastToday.com has the details. Image: City of New Bedford.
Webinar: New England Coastal Hazards Resilience: Documenting Storm Damages
Posted on September 14, 2011
A new webinar for those of you in New England. For this one, we’ll be introducing a new tool we at StormSmart have been working on with the good folks at the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, NROC and NOAA. Hope you can join us. What: New England Coastal Hazards Resilience Webinar: Documenting Coastal […]
Funding Opportunity: New England Municipal Coastal Resilience Initiative
Posted on September 7, 2011
This just in from Adrianne Harrison and Julia Knisel: New England Municipal Coastal Resilience Initiative The Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment (GOMC) and the Northeast Regional Ocean Council (NROC) will provide up to $150,000 to coastal municipalities located in New England to advance their efforts to adapt land use, infrastructure, policies, and […]
Irene Heads Up the Atlantic Coast [Video]
Posted on August 27, 2011
Watching this in New York City, as of now 385 miles away. A little intimidated. A little excited.
Irene Heading North. Will it be New England’s First Major Hurricane in 20 Years?
Posted on August 25, 2011
While the models never exactly agree (have a look at the National Hurricane Center’s page on Irene for an overview), there seems to be general agreement that Irene is going to get at least awfully close to North Carolina, and then continue up the coast. Some are predicting that it’s going to bash right into […]
East Coast Sea Level Rising Faster than it has in at Least 2,000 Years
Posted on June 24, 2011
This isn’t good news. According to a new study to be published online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week, sea level is rising faster along the U.S. East Coast than it has for at least 2,000 years. The study concludes that the ocean began rising an average of 2.1 millimeters […]
New England Climate Change: What’s Happening and What You Can Do
Posted on April 26, 2011
Our southern neighbors at the The University of Rhode Island Climate Change Collaborative and Rhode Island Sea Grant have just released a short new brochure on what climate change could mean for New England communities, and what steps your community can take to prepare for it. In addition to a brief overview of current expectations […]
Another Radio Show on Massachusetts’s Rising Sea Levels
Posted on April 8, 2011
This time, from WGBH: Rising Sea Levels Threaten Massachusetts Coast, Sea Walls There’s no question about it. Sea levels are rising. 65 acres of Massachusetts coastline is taken back by the sea each year. Over the last century, ocean waters have crept up a full foot along the New England coast and new research shows […]