Vermont Climate Assessment

03/21/2023

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What's up with last week's storm? And the massive snow dumps out west? Is it climate change? Find out-- NYTimes features Vermont Climate Assessment

What do you do with 55 feet of snow? Across the country, record snowfall has resorts pushing back closing dates and skiers and snowboarders making plans into June.

06/27/2022

Friends of the Mad River are hosting this great climate change event. Come have some pizza and learn about local impacts of climate change! http://ow.ly/xtFp50JGYMy

08/10/2021

Climate whiplash: Flash floods damage roads, swamp houses in parts of southern Vermont

A storm delivered about 5 inches of rain in 24 hours in some parts of southern Vermont overnight Thursday. While July has been abnormally wet, abnormally dry conditions only recently subsided in the southern half of the state.

04/27/2021

Rising sea levels & natural disruptions are fueling migration to higher, drier places like VT. We can learn a lot about future challenges and infrastructure needs from pandemic pop. boom Prof. Koliba. http://ow.ly/2PwH50EyO9a

While there are no solid predictions for how many people will move to the Green Mountain State as a result of the climate emergency, or even when that migration could occur, some Vermonters are already thinking about climate migration and what the state needs to do to prepare.

04/22/2021

A focus on climate change and Vermont's forests-- a great review of current and coming issues! UVM Rubenstein School

As truck traffic groaned down Montpelier's Main Street one recent Monday, John Snell paused by a large curbside ash tree whose trunk was nicked and...

10/26/2020

How is Climate Change affecting Vermont right now?

We know the predictions are dire; we know there are urgent conversations to be had about policy. But to answer this listener question, we stay focused on

10/23/2020

Deluge and Drought is the climate change rollercoaster that Vermont is riding https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/trickle-to-torrent-the-climate-crisis-brings-both-deluges-and-droughts-to-vermont

On Halloween of 2019, an unexpectedly powerful storm system ripped through Vermont and northern New York, dumping up to five inches of rain, washing out...

08/17/2020

Vermonters! How do you feel about solar energy and state incentives? Give your input now. State support for solar has economic benefits and builds our communities resilience to climate and other disasters. https://suncommon.com/puc-submit-a-comment

Solutions to reverse climate change already exist — we have the technology and the know-how to fix it, and Drawdown is showing us the way. It turns out that saving the planet can start with local solutions. Join SunCommon, and join the movement!

08/07/2018

Our future "hothouse"?!

Scientists are warning that a domino effect will kick in if global temperatures rise more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels, leading to "hothouse" conditions and higher sea levels, making some areas on Earth uninhabitable.

08/06/2018

Vermont emissions continue to increase.

In a set of 53 recommendations for Gov. Phil Scott, the Vermont Climate Action Commission makes a case for changes to home heating and transportation sectors.

08/06/2018

Hard decisions.

As sea level rises and storm activity increases, Scituate residents are going to have to decide whether the place they love is worth it.

04/07/2017

Members of a unit struggling to curb the jungle’s destruction include an environmental activist, an Arctic oceanographer and a science teacher.