Climate & Environment

Scientists and fishermen convened at Coonamessett Farm, in Falmouth, to share research funded through NOAA’s Scallop Research Set-Aside Program.

What you need to know about a type of flesh eating bacteria in Connecticut coastal waters

New research from Dartmouth College shows the Northeast is seeing more rain, and more of it is falling in intense bursts. But climate researchers say it’s not clear whether that’s making the landscape wetter overall.

Shellfishermen were looking to bounce back from a tough winter. Now they’re shut out from prime clam beds

As seasonal restaurants begin to unshutter for the spring, oyster shell recycling starts back up in Wellfleet this week.

Doctors spend years becoming experts in how the body works, how it can break down and how to recognize and treat various illnesses. Their training rarely involves what’s known as “nature-based medicine.” Dr. Susan Abookire has made it her mission to change that.

As passed out of the Senate, the bill would ban all use and sale of the herbicide after 2030 in Vermont. Farmers would be able to use paraquat until then, but only with special permission from the state.

A recycling nonprofit, though its New Bedford warehouse, puts used nets, ropes, and other marine debris in the hands of local artists.

Watershed groups say new plans to limit pollutants in the Charles, Mystic and Neponset Rivers don't go far enough.

A moratorium on new federal rules around right whales is already in place until 2028 due to concerns from lobsterman who say certain regulations for the endangered species would cripple the fishing industry.