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The state has issued an air quality warning for Wednesday.A cold front is pushing smoke from Canadian and west coast wildfires into Delaware, increasing…
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Pushing to meet President Biden’s climate change targets in his home state, Delaware lawmakers are creating an environmental justice task force to ensure…
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The state and City of Lewes are seeking public input on the environmental issues facing the town. The goal is to make the town more resilient. The state’s…
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Delaware’s climate has gotten warmer and wetter in recent decades. The new climate “normals” the federal government released last week made this clear.And…
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Every ten years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) puts out new climate “normals.” The ones released Tuesday reinforce that…
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Coastal wetlands are considered key to mitigating climate change, because their plants absorb carbon from the atmosphere and store it in soil even faster than forests do. But Delaware Public Media's Sophia Schmidt reports that research at a salt marsh near Dover raises questions about how much of a carbon “sink” tidal wetlands really are, and if that’s changing as the climate warms.
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The City of Lewes could become the first town in Delaware to explicitly account for sea level rise in its building code.Lewes City Council will hold a…
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Antarctica is half a world away from Delaware. But the way its ice melts due to climate change will affect how much sea levels rise all over the world,…
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Salt marshes, which line much of Delaware’s coast, are often thought of as “sinks” for global warming-causing carbon. But researchers at the University of…
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The state is adding new rules on the use of certain chemicals in its latest attempt to reduce emissions.Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and…