Human activity is warming the planet. This change is already reshaping how we live and interact with our environment in New Hampshire, across New England and beyond.
From NHPR, By Degrees is a climate change reporting project that tells stories of the people grappling with the challenges of our changing world, and exploring possible solutions. By Degrees explains the science – and the historical context – of our changing climate and why it’s impacting Granite Staters in unequal ways. We’ll answer your questions, hold decision makers accountable, and explore how our state and region are living through this major transition and responding to it.
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University of New Hampshire researchers have gathered data and mapped lumpfish populations to understand how they’re moving as waters warm. -
Amey Bailey has been watching trees change at Hubbard Brook since 1992. Her observations could help scientists understand how forests are responding to climate change. -
About $70 million from the federal Inflation Reduction Act is going towards rebate programs for energy efficiency, electric heat pumps and other appliances. -
Mark Dell’Orfano would be the only lawyer on the commission, which regulates public utility companies. -
The plant passed a long-overdue emissions test for one of its coal-fired generating units, but still hasn’t passed a test for the other. That raises questions about how the plant will run this winter, a time when the region’s grid looks to fossil fuels as backup power. -
The Meadow Pond neighborhood in Hampton routinely has floodwater covering its roads. A new project is hoping to drain it out. -
Debra Altschiller and Pat Abrami, two long-serving candidates from Stratham, disagree on many issues, including how to handle the threats of climate change. The district they serve is already seeing its impacts. -
Most studies looking at large-scale environmental changes analyze one shift at a time. But UNH researchers looked at two effects of burning fossil fuels: soil warming up and nitrogen levels rising. -
The program, run by researchers from Dartmouth and the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, allows students to test their water for arsenic. It has already increased testing in several towns. -
Scientists at the Appalachian Mountain Club analyzed thousands of photos from hikers. They found that plants are flowering and growing leaves earlier.
