The Freed Seed Federation in Westport is developing vegetables that can survive climate change, diseases and the Northeast’s tough growing conditions. South Coast farmers have joined the effort.
Author Archives: Adam Goldstein
Posted inEnvironment
Shark sightings spike off the South Coast — but these jaws don’t bite
2024 has been the best year for local basking shark sightings in more than a decade.
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Saving a salt marsh
With human help, the salt marshes at Allens Pond in Dartmouth are migrating upland. The effort is meant to protect these coastal wetlands and help them adapt to rising sea levels.
Posted inFishing industry
New Bedford working to reduce sewer overflows
Since the 1990s, New Bedford has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in reducing overflows, and upgrading its combined sewer system, city Department of Public Infrastructure Commissioner Jamie Ponte said.
Posted inFishing industry
South Coast oyster growers say sewage-related restrictions will hurt
South Coast shellfish operations could be shut down for seven to 21 days if the plant experiences a treatment failure, emergency conditions or episodes of “rainfall or seasonally poor water quality or other predictable events.”
Posted inClimate Change
Climate concerns hit Cuttyhunk
Coastal storms push sand into the ferry channel — threatening to cut off access to the tiny island community.
Posted inFishing industry
State shutting down many South Coast shellfish beds due to sewage
More than 18,000 acres of the Dartmouth, Fairhaven and New Bedford coastline, including quahogging areas off the outer New Bedford Harbor, will be reclassified from being conditionally approved shellfishing areas to prohibited.
Posted inEnvironment
Will your house be underwater in the year 2100?
An interactive map of projected sea level rise from Climate Central can help you find out.
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South Coast confronts rising seas
Rising sea levels and intensifying storms are reshaping the South Coast, with flooding roadways, beach erosion, declining salt marsh, and property damage forcing towns to acknowledge that they must adapt to shifting conditions.
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Hurricane barrier faces climate challenges
For the first 25 years of its existence, 1966 to 1991, the largest number of closures was 18 per year. Over the past decade, it has met or exceeded that number in every year except 2015, 2022, and 2023.