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Coastal counties in the United States are home to nearly half the nation's total population, and contributed more than 8 trillion dollars to the nation's…

Two men who used a lobster boat to block a 40,000 ton coal shipment headed for Brayton Point Power Station will not face criminal charges.Jay O’Hara is a…

Forty thousand years ago, a massive volcanic eruption in southern Italy devastated what today is Europe. And yet, the culture of the early humans who…

Long before crowd-sourcing and citizen science were buzzwords, volunteers for Buzzards Bay Coalition were monitoring water quality along the estuary's…

For 50 years, the National Weather Service has taken atmospheric readings twice a day from an outpost on Cape Cod. But now, the very storms it helps to predict have caused massive erosion on the bluff where the facility sits.

A draft report by the United Nations sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concludes that there is strong evidence that humans have contributed to global warming. The panel also predicted that the earth is likely to get hotter than previously predicted. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports.

Sometimes it can be hard to visualize the science we talk about on Living Lab. We know that. And that's why this is so exciting.A few months ago, Dr.…

The vast majority– an estimated 97 percent or more - of climate scientists are in agreement that the planet is warming and it's largely because of human…

Warmer temperatures, drought and disease are putting stress on native tree species in Minnesota. Some trees are dying, but researchers are finding ways to help others adapt to a warmer climate.