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Dartmouth graduate student Jacob Chalif is far from home this holiday season. He’s in Antarctica on a mission to find the world’s oldest ice.“It’s certainly a unique experience,” he said. “Everything you do, you have to adapt to do it in the freezing...

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In 2016, Dartmouth professor Mukul Sharma was thinking that bringing down carbon emissions fast enough to meet international goals sounded impossible.

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How do you get rid of something that’s known for lasting forever?That’s a question New Hampshire officials have been trying to answer for years, as they looked to dispose of thousands of gallons of old firefighting foam filled with PFAS — so-called...

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Eleven days before Christmas, an outdoor firepit crackles next to the gift shop at South Farm in Bethlehem, N.H. A speaker plays carols as cars roll into the small parking lot.Nigel Manley, bundled up in wool pants and a red and green hat with a...

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New Hampshire’s utility companies are expecting to lower their rates for electricity in February. But they’re using a new process to purchase power, which has generated concern from the state’s ratepayer advocate.Eversource customers can expect to see...

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New Hampshire is creating a large-scale climate change plan for the first time since 2009. But state regulators say adding targets for cutting climate-warming pollution into New Hampshire law is not part of the project.Instead, officials say they’re...

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Climate activists have once again secured leadership of a group focused on facilitating communication between New England’s electricity grid operator and members of the public.Candidates endorsed by environmental advocacy groups prevailed in a...

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The energy company Avangrid is accusing NextEra Energy, owners of the Seabrook nuclear power plant, of sabotaging the development of a transmission line meant to bring Canadian hydropower onto the New England grid.In a lawsuit filed last month,...

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New Hampshire’s Public Utilities Commission has issued a decision on the state’s net metering policy that could have ripple effects for the state’s renewable energy industry.Regulators will keep net metering rates the same as they’ve been since 2017,...

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Mount Washington famously lays claim to the world’s worst weather. Now, a new project from the Mount Washington Observatory will allow people to monitor that weather more closely.Last week, the observatory unveiled a project to expand the Mount...

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Ongoing drought conditions are straining some local water systems, and state officials are urging people to conserve water where they can. Meanwhile, some people are reporting that their residential wells are going dry. Fires are also catching across...

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Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have been awarded $24 million to help build sensors that can track space weather and warn of dangers.The sensors will monitor solar wind — a stream of charged particles flowing out of the sun that can...

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Under a canopy of fiery orange and red, Amey Bailey is taking a hike she knows well. It’s the second week of October, and maples and beech trees are showing off their colors. Every few steps, a piece of scientific equipment peeks out of the woods.“We...

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Almost half of New Hampshire households rely on private wells for their water. Many of those wells are contaminated with arsenic, a naturally occurring element that can cause cancer and other diseases.But most people don’t test their water for...

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As the weather gets chillier, birds are migrating, many crossing New Hampshire on their path to warmer climates.Hundreds of thousands of birds – warblers, tanagers, sandpipers, sparrows, hawks, even ducks – are crossing the state on a daily basis....

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Over the past six years, thousands of hikers have snapped photos of plants and animals on the Appalachian Trail.They’ve uploaded those photos to an app called iNaturalist, which records their coordinates. The app’s technology, as well as other...

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After a summer full of record-breaking heat, New Hampshire seems to be in for a particularly warm fall.A seasonal outlook from the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows New Hampshire has a 60% to 70%...

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New Hampshire communities have a new option for financial help in the wake of a disaster, after a new relief program was signed into law this summer.The change allows the governor to declare a disaster — as opposed to waiting for the federal...

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New research from Dartmouth shows one type of seabird in the Gulf of Maine, the black guillemot, has concentrations of mercury in their feathers that are above levels known to have effects on reproduction in other species.The study also looked at...

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On a busy day, the corner of YouTube run by the New Hampshire’s Loon Preservation Committee gets hundreds of visitors.Viewers come for the close-up views of loons: striking black and white feathers, ruby red eyes. But they stay for the drama, as the...

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New Hampshire’s Public Utilities Commission is holding hearings this week on a policy that could shape the future of the state's solar industry.It’s called net metering, and it’s the way that people with solar panels on homes and businesses get...