On Land and Sea, Change Is Coming
Liz Durkee

Island life is infused with the rhythm of the sea.

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The Stormy Relationship Between Weather and Climate Change
Aaron Wilson

On Monday night at the West Tisbury Library, Dr. Peter Neilley spoke about our changing climate, its impact on our Island and how modern weather and climate forecasts are made.

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Salt Marshes to the Rescue
Liz Durkee

Salt marshes are superheroes. Our coastal wetlands store flood water, absorb carbon dioxide and filter pollutants.

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Help Nature Help Itself, Let Forests and Fields Stand Strong
David Foster

In the face of a global environmental crisis, last Friday the Martha’s Vineyard Commission adopted emergency climate resolutions after Phil Duffy, executive director of the Woods Hole Research Center, delivered a stark warning on global change and human suffering.

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Woods Hole Climate Expert Delivers Urgent Message to MVC

At a special presentation to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission Thursday, Dr. Phil Duffy spelled out the grave state of the global climate crisis for the planet.

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Get Off the Climate Change Sidelines
Rob Hannemann

On Nov. 23, Harvard and Yale played a football game. The game was delayed during halftime because up to 500 students had the temerity to stage a climate action protest.

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Islanders Urged to Prepare for Rising Seas
Louisa Hufstader

Islanders need to get ready now for the effects of global climate change, Oak Bluffs conservation agent Liz Durkee told an attentive audience at the town library Saturday afternoon. “The seas are going to rise. We are an Island community,” Ms. Durkee said.

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Climate Action Talks Begin with Storm Preparedness
Louisa Hufstader

When a major hurricane or other disaster strikes Martha’s Vineyard, people who need help right away can’t count on getting it from first responders, the emergency management director for West Tisbury said in a talk Saturday.

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Climate Change Awareness Is Crucial
Liz Durkee

Eight years ago I wrote a series for the Vineyard Gazette on the growing impacts of climate change on Martha’s Vineyard.

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Islanders Join Worldwide Climate Action Day

Martha’s Vineyard schoolchildren and others joined a day of activism around the globe Friday to protest inaction in the face of a climate change crisis.

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