01.27.2019 Columns Guest Column: The time to act on climate change is now The good news, we can save the planet if we act now, but if we fail to make a concerted effort today, climate change will overwhelm us.
01.23.2019 Environment Closer Look: King tides offer climate insight Sky-gazers enjoyed a rare sight Sunday as a supermoon coincided with a total lunar eclipse. The syzygy of Earth, the moon and sun caused the celestial phenomenon, but also...
10.06.2018 Editorials Editorial: Frightening predictions on climate change Last week, buried inside a report released by the Trump administration, a startling prediction about climate change was made public. If nothing is done to put the brakes on...
09.30.2018 Columns Guest Column: Dangers of dismissing climate change The renowned physicist Wolfgang Pauli once reviewed a paper that failed to reflect even a basic understanding of the physics involved. His remark has become one of the greatest...
08.07.2018 Environment Cedar Beach in Southold to become ‘living shoreline’ Along coastlines around the globe, including here on the North Fork, climate change poses the threat of sea level rise. For decades, “shoreline hardening,” by adding manmade seawalls and...
06.10.2017 Editorials Editorial: America first, climate second? The record set in 2014 for the hottest year ever on Earth was short-lived. The global temperature in 2015 topped it. As the sports saying goes, records are made...
05.07.2017 Columns Column: Liberal backlash against newspaper went too far The outrage flooded social media in a swift, decisive avalanche Friday afternoon. Moments after The New York Times published an opinion piece by its newest conservative columnist, Bret Stephens,...
03.11.2017 Outdoors How will climate change affect birds? Find out Sunday What if the bald eagle couldn’t roost in America? What if the Baltimore oriole couldn’t live in Baltimore anymore? These possibilities, along with more “dire” predictions, are included in...
12.19.2016 Agriculture Climate change creating new challenges for North Fork farmers Local growers and farmers say climate change is creating new challenges, with extreme weather conditions, sudden storms, rising temperatures and drought making it even more difficult to cope with...
07.06.2015 Columns Grossman Column: Hot enough for you? Global warming is here The Pacific island nation of Kiribati has become the first country in the world to declare that climate change is rendering it uninhabitable. Unfamiliar with the name? Try Gilbert...