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As climate change increases flooding, Mass. likely to see damaged-property costs surge, report says

In Massachusetts, the financial losses from flooding will probably rise to an estimated $316 million, a 36 percent increase from today.

As the oceans become more acidic, threat to sealife and industry grows, new study finds

The study, written by a group of state legislators, scientists, conservationists, and representatives of the commercial fishing industry, estimated that if current trends continue, the US shellfish industry could lose more than $400 million a year by the end of the century.

Baker sends climate change bill back to Legislature, asking for changes and ‘common ground’

Governor Charlie Baker’s decision to return the legislation with amendments was expected after lawmakers overwhelmingly approved an identical version of the bill that had died on Baker’s desk early last month. But on Sunday, legislative leaders expressed willingness to consider and potentially incorporate some of Baker’s proposals.

In defiance of Governor Baker, the Legislature returns climate bill he vetoed

The bill would require the state to reduce its carbon emissions by 50 percent below 1990 levels by the end of the decade and effectively eliminate those emissions by 2050.

As the planet warms faster, scientists study controversial ways to lower temperatures
Long considered too risky, solar geoengineering is now being more seriously considered as the threat of climate change grows more dire. But critics say such a test would set a dangerous precedent.

Mass. to require all new cars sold to be electric by 2035 as part of climate-change measures
Among the changes the state plans over the next decade: retrofitting 1 million homes to use electricity for heating instead of gas and oil, cutting commuters’ driving miles by 15 percent, and dramatically increasing offshore wind power generation.

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Huge Puerto Rico radio telescope, already damaged, collapses

The Arecibo telescope's 900-ton receiver platform and the Gregorian dome — a structure as tall as a four-story building — fell onto the northern portion of the vast reflector dish more than 400 feet below.

Moon may hold frozen water in more places than suspected

The discovery is good news for astronauts at future lunar bases who could tap into these resources for drinking and making rocket fuel, scientists said Monday.

Watch live: NASA shares discoveries about the moon

NASA is scheduled to announce “an exciting new discovery about the moon” from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) on Monday. Watch live here at noon.

In the nation’s asthma capital, plans to burn wood for energy spark fury

Springfield residents worry their neighborhood could soon become home to the state’s largest commercial biomass power plant, one expected to burn nearly a ton of wood a minute and emit large amounts of harmful pollutants.

Photos: Hurricane Sally wallops the Gulf Coast

The storm swamped homes and trapped people in high water as it crept inland for what could be a long, slow, and disastrous drenching across the Deep South.

Photos: Creek fire tears through California forests, prompting evacuations

The massive wildfire, burning near Fresno, has engulfed acres of forest in flames and darkened the skies in the area with smoke.

Hard times afflict Massachusetts’ iconic cranberry bogs, as economic and environmental changes reshape the industry

A combination of competition, environmental regulations, and other forces are driving more of the state’s cranberry farmers out of the business.

NASA says there is ‘no threat’ from the ‘tiny asteroid’ that will pass by Earth on election eve

Astronomers announced over the weekend that an asteroid was projected to pass by Earth with a slim chance of actually hitting it — right before election day. NASA took to their official social media account to tamper down widely shared end-of-the-world reactions.