Report on rising sea level creates difficult questions for Long Island’s future
Coastal communities on Long Island face a monumental challenge in the century ahead that will determine the fate of the most inhabited island in...
Species disappear from the LI Sound as water warms
By Victoria Espinoza
Fishing is a nearly $2 billion industry on Long Island, bringing hundreds of jobs to Suffolk County annually. Rising water temperature has...
DEC asks water districts to reduce consumption
While surrounded by salt water, Long Island is in the midst of a drought that is heading into its third year. Amid a trend...
Local groups educate, combat climate change
Scientists and politicians are relied upon to do the bulk of the work to reduce the effects and pace of climate change, but local...
North Shore areas most vulnerable to sea level rise, according to experts
Sills Gully Beach, Shoreham:
Sills Gully Beach in Shoreham is a prime example of erosion due to storm events, according to Brookhaven Councilwoman Jane...
Town, county and state reactions to climate change
Town, county and state officials on both sides of the aisle agree that climate change poses a real threat to Long Island. That’s why...
Trump’s budget a window to environmental agenda
The United States Environmental Protection Agency was founded in 1970 to do as its name suggests; protect the environment. However, if the words and...
The costs of climate change for Long Island and beyond
Climate change is going to cost us. The prohibitive costs in both dollars and loss of life for past hurricanes in the New York...
Science is surrounded by series of questions
Researchers often desire more data to help make the distinction between correlation — it rained the last three Tuesdays — and causation — dumping...
Open Mike: America needs a Cold War … no, not that kind
How to defeat ISIS, save the economy and reunite the country
By Michael Tessler
Historically speaking, the United States economy tends to thrive in wartime....
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