Erin Douglas
Climate Reporter at The Boston Globe
Climate reporter @BostonGlobe 📝 More often on Bluesky these days... https://t.co/UDgsoe2JFn 🌎 Signal: erinmdouglas.23 🕵🏻♀️
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2 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Erin Douglas
By the end of this century, the water lapping at Boston’s shore will probably reach between 2 and 5 feet higher than it did in 2000. By that time — if everything goes according to plan — there will be a network of interlocking flood protection projects lining the Boston shoreline.
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3 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Erin Douglas
The population of black bears in Massachusetts is on the rise, and state regulators see that as a big problem. More bears mean more humans interacting with bears. It means more bears in backyards, more bears in heavily populated Eastern Massachusetts, and, of course, more calls complaining about bears. To cull the population growth, the Massachusetts Fisheries and Wildlife Board voted this week in favor of new regulations to expand the bear hunting season.
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3 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Erin Douglas
Her mind raced through the last two-and-a-half weeks of tests, procedures, and frantic phone calls. All of this suffering from a tiny tick bite? Kevin Boyce, 62, died on May 8, 2024. His death is a painful and extreme example of the cost of rising tick-borne disease in New England, where blacklegged “deer” ticks are endemic. To blame are rising temperatures from climate change, which allow more ticks to survive milder winters.
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1 month ago |
bostonglobe.com | Erin Douglas
The quality of air in coastal Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island has deteriorated in recent years, most likely due to wildfire smoke and extreme heat, an analysis of air quality data shows. Both wildfires and extreme heat are becoming more intense due to climate change. The annual report by the American Lung Association grades air quality in counties in the US based on ozone, commonly known as smog, and particulate pollution data.
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1 month ago |
bostonglobe.com | Erin Douglas
Here’s how Boston can protect itself from rising sea levels. First, Bostonians need to agree on the best way to protect ourselves. Second, we need wicked smart engineers to draft blueprints for the berms and flood barriers. And third, we have to find the money to build it all. It’s the last step that’s getting trickier and trickier for city leaders as the Trump administration slashes federal spending and targets climate initiatives for cuts.
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