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Ocean State Urged to Adapt to Rising Seas Now

PROVIDENCE — Should Rhode Island be moving faster to address sea-level rise and other threats from climate change? According to at least one economic policy expert, it’s better and cheaper to act now.

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There’s Something Fishy About Climate Change

Overfishing is just one factor in the decline of some once-prevalent species in local waters. The reasons are complicated and diverse, from habitat loss, pollution, and even energy production — the Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Mass., pre-cooling towers, played a role in the precipitous decline of winter flounder in Mount Hope Bay — to climate-change impacts such warming water temperatures, shifting currents and less oxygenated waters.

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More Ticks in More Places

University of Rhode Island professor and director of the Center for Vector-Borne Disease Tom Mather says we're seeing more ticks in more places. But is the increase in tick population and tick-borne disease related to climate change?

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