Climate & Environment
An unseasonable coastal storm is set to bring wind gusts over 40 mph and up to 2 inches of rain to Rhode Island and southern New England, as cold air and a strong jet stream fuel an unusual late-spring weather pattern
Only 11 North Atlantic right whale calves were born this season — far short of the 50 needed for recovery — as entanglements, ship strikes, and changing ocean conditions continue to threaten the species’ survival
‘It was really this place that made me this kind of artist’
The Seaview Avenue residents have been fighting for years to get water from the town after their wells turned dry and brackish
Watch Hill Fire District challenges public right-of-way to Napatree Point; town council president faces backlash as shoreline advocates fear loss of public access
A proposal to eliminate the agency protecting whales, dolphins, and seals alarms scientists and advocates, who warn the move threatens coastal ecosystems and communities nationwide
