Barbara Moran

Climate change was mostly absent from the Trump and Harris campaigns, but it was in the air in Massachusetts on Wednesday after the results were called.

Arctic tundra, which has stored carbon for thousands of years, has now become a source of carbon dioxide.

Massachusetts is seeing an additional 11 days above freezing each winter due to climate change, according to Climate Central. The average winter temperature in Boston has gone up by 3.7°F degrees since 1970.

Last year — 2024 — was the third hottest year on record for Massachusetts, according to a report released Friday by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The $20 billion industry is struggling to keep up as new fish move into the region, and old reliables, like cod and lobster, flee for colder waters.

M atthew Long peers over the side of the research boat Calanus, into the dark water of Hadley Harbor, about 2 miles from Woods Hole.

Environmental advocates are renewing calls to ban the use of sewage sludge — or "biosolids" — as fertilizer, after an Environmental Protection Agency

Boston and the MBTA will receive nearly $13 million from the from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to protect neighborhoods and infrastructure from the impacts of climate change.

Resume The seafood industry in New England generates more than $20 billion in sales each year and employs more than a quarter million people.