Climate & Environment

Spring-fed and shallow dug wells at Vermont’s old homes are particularly vulnerable in the drought. Drilling a new well can cost as much as $20,000.

Horseshoe crab populations in Long Island Sound are falling

More than 35 former national park superintendents, including one from Acadia, are calling on the National Park Service to fully close national parks in the event of a government shutdown this week.

This past July, Sunshine Stewart, a woman who regularly went paddle boarding alone was killed on a pond in Union. Police have charged a teenager with her murder but few details have been released about the case. Incidents like this are rare in Maine. And while they can have a chilling effect, some are responding to the tragedy by doubling down on doing what they love.

Experts and environmentalists from Fairfield University, Stony Brook University, UConn and Save the Sound, an environmental conservation group, confirmed the animals Taylor’s family recently saw were dolphins. The experts point to a number of factors explaining why dolphins are appearing off the coast in greater numbers.

With climate change causing more intense rainstorms, older pipes common to southern New England are likely to get overwhelmed more frequently.

Informational signs containing information on climate change, ecology and Native American history have been removed from Maine's Acadia National Park, one of the country's most popular national parks. Many national parks are seeing similar actions.

Precipitation was four inches below average over the course of the season.

Over 250 wildfires burned across Maine in August, more than twice the average number for the month. But climate change could escalate the fire threat, and some communities are preparing for a future clouded by flames, smoke and ash.

With summer temperatures giving way to cooler weather, you may see fewer mosquitoes buzzing about. But experts say August and September is when mosquitoes are most likely to carry West Nile virus.