WBUR's Morning EditionLocal content from WBUR's Morning Edition broadcastsThis biologist eavesdropped on humpback whales for decades. What he heard helped save the speciesBiologist Roger Payne, creator of the iconic album "Songs of the Humpback Whale" explains how the record came to be.Environment1 hour agoA nonprofit farm in Mass. hopes to address hunger at its rootFood insecurity has reached historic levels in Massachusetts. One local effort is trying to address the lack of awareness about hunger, while also providing food.PlayEnvironment05:05Jun 20, 2022Advertisement New England's birdsong is getting quieter. A scientist is trying to reconstruct those lost soundscapesScientists estimate North America has gradually lost about 30% of its bird life in the last half century.PlayEnvironment06:08Jun 10, 2022A climate-friendly greenhouse goes up in East BostonEastie Farm is building a geothermal greenhouse in East Boston, likely the first of its kind in Massachusetts.PlayEnvironment04:06May 26, 2022Climate change is coming for New England's highest peakA recent study finds temperatures at the summit of Mount Washington and at nearby Pinkham Notch are rising due to climate change. This has led to fewer frost days and...PlayEnvironment04:29May 2, 2022Cow burps drive global warming. Scientists think feeding them seaweed could helpA team of New England scientists is looking into whether feeding seaweed to the country's roughly 90 million cattle could help cut their methane emissions. The early results are promising...PlayEnvironment06:37Apr 22, 2022What's the future of gas in Mass.? Utilities and critics have different visionsNew reports from the state's five investor-owned gas utilities offer roadmaps to the companies' future. But critics say the plans rely on unproven technologies and warn they will spend billions...PlayEnvironment08:18Mar 18, 2022Many dams in Massachusetts are hazards. But demolishing them is no small featThere are over 3,000 dams in Massachusetts. Most no longer serve their original purpose, and many pose a risk to communities. Now, a growing movement is pushing to remove them...PlayEnvironment06:03Mar 1, 2022Rusting batteries could help power the electric grid of the futureA Somerville startup says its rust-based battery generates 25 times the power storage of its lithium-ion counterparts for a tenth of the cost.PlayEnvironment07:19Feb 24, 2022Urban forests may store more carbon than we thought, study findsIn the Northeastern U.S., trees around the edges of urban forests grow faster, and the soil gives off less carbon dioxide, than scientists expected and may play an outsized role...EnvironmentFeb 16, 2022Mass. startup transforms old electric car batteries into better-than-new onesA Massachusetts startup has an innovative method for recycling lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles. The company says the recycled batteries are cheaper and perform better than new ones. They're...PlayEnvironment07:50Jan 25, 2022Reducing trash may reduce the need for incinerators in Mass.Massachusetts produces more trash than it can manage locally. State officials have a plan to reduce trash over the next 10 years, but activists say it doesn't go far enough,...PlayEnvironment06:01Jan 21, 2022Trash is a burning question with mixed answers in some Mass. townsMassachusetts uses incinerators to burn most of its trash. Some activists want that to stop, because incinerators emit pollution. But in the communities that house the incinerators, residents' opinions are...PlayEnvironment06:39Jan 20, 2022Far from home, a big, rare sea eagle finds devoted fans on the coast of MaineThe Steller's sea eagle, one of the largest raptors in the world, has traveled across the globe with recent stops in Massachusetts and Maine, captivating birders from around the country.PlayEnvironment04:35Jan 13, 2022Mass. is monitoring white-tailed deer for COVID. Here's whyThe SARS-CoV-2 virus has been found in white-tailed deer across the country, and Massachusetts is now one of 41 states participating in a national effort to study the prevalence of...PlayEnvironment05:28Jan 11, 2022Some N.H. towns are making more money on recycling than they have in years. What’s changed?Right now, Derry and other N.H. towns are making a lot of money off recycling. The prices municipalities are able to get are about double what they were four years...PlayEnvironment04:55Dec 28, 2021For Christmases yet to come, climate change threatens Maine's beloved evergreensScientists say that some of the state's best-loved conifers are under threat, with extreme weather making it difficult for them to grow.PlayEnvironment05:59Dec 24, 2021A Massachusetts company leads as the race for fusion energy heats upCommonwealth Fusion predicts it will have the world’s first net-energy fusion device by 2025 and is already building a factory in Devens to make the machine.PlayEnvironment07:27Dec 2, 202119th century New England whaling logs offer clues to 21st century climate changeLogbooks from the New England whaling industry contain meticulous descriptions of 19th century weather. Local researchers are now using those records to fill in gaps in modern climate science.PlayEnvironment04:43Nov 29, 2021Massachusetts pulled out of a regional emissions pact. Here's what that meansThe Massachusetts effort to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 has suffered a big setback. Last week, Gov. Baker took the state out of the Transportation Climate Initiative, a multi-state...PlayEnvironment05:12Nov 21, 2021Next Page
This biologist eavesdropped on humpback whales for decades. What he heard helped save the speciesBiologist Roger Payne, creator of the iconic album "Songs of the Humpback Whale" explains how the record came to be.Environment1 hour ago
A nonprofit farm in Mass. hopes to address hunger at its rootFood insecurity has reached historic levels in Massachusetts. One local effort is trying to address the lack of awareness about hunger, while also providing food.PlayEnvironment05:05Jun 20, 2022
New England's birdsong is getting quieter. A scientist is trying to reconstruct those lost soundscapesScientists estimate North America has gradually lost about 30% of its bird life in the last half century.PlayEnvironment06:08Jun 10, 2022
A climate-friendly greenhouse goes up in East BostonEastie Farm is building a geothermal greenhouse in East Boston, likely the first of its kind in Massachusetts.PlayEnvironment04:06May 26, 2022
Climate change is coming for New England's highest peakA recent study finds temperatures at the summit of Mount Washington and at nearby Pinkham Notch are rising due to climate change. This has led to fewer frost days and...PlayEnvironment04:29May 2, 2022
Cow burps drive global warming. Scientists think feeding them seaweed could helpA team of New England scientists is looking into whether feeding seaweed to the country's roughly 90 million cattle could help cut their methane emissions. The early results are promising...PlayEnvironment06:37Apr 22, 2022
What's the future of gas in Mass.? Utilities and critics have different visionsNew reports from the state's five investor-owned gas utilities offer roadmaps to the companies' future. But critics say the plans rely on unproven technologies and warn they will spend billions...PlayEnvironment08:18Mar 18, 2022
Many dams in Massachusetts are hazards. But demolishing them is no small featThere are over 3,000 dams in Massachusetts. Most no longer serve their original purpose, and many pose a risk to communities. Now, a growing movement is pushing to remove them...PlayEnvironment06:03Mar 1, 2022
Rusting batteries could help power the electric grid of the futureA Somerville startup says its rust-based battery generates 25 times the power storage of its lithium-ion counterparts for a tenth of the cost.PlayEnvironment07:19Feb 24, 2022
Urban forests may store more carbon than we thought, study findsIn the Northeastern U.S., trees around the edges of urban forests grow faster, and the soil gives off less carbon dioxide, than scientists expected and may play an outsized role...EnvironmentFeb 16, 2022
Mass. startup transforms old electric car batteries into better-than-new onesA Massachusetts startup has an innovative method for recycling lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles. The company says the recycled batteries are cheaper and perform better than new ones. They're...PlayEnvironment07:50Jan 25, 2022
Reducing trash may reduce the need for incinerators in Mass.Massachusetts produces more trash than it can manage locally. State officials have a plan to reduce trash over the next 10 years, but activists say it doesn't go far enough,...PlayEnvironment06:01Jan 21, 2022
Trash is a burning question with mixed answers in some Mass. townsMassachusetts uses incinerators to burn most of its trash. Some activists want that to stop, because incinerators emit pollution. But in the communities that house the incinerators, residents' opinions are...PlayEnvironment06:39Jan 20, 2022
Far from home, a big, rare sea eagle finds devoted fans on the coast of MaineThe Steller's sea eagle, one of the largest raptors in the world, has traveled across the globe with recent stops in Massachusetts and Maine, captivating birders from around the country.PlayEnvironment04:35Jan 13, 2022
Mass. is monitoring white-tailed deer for COVID. Here's whyThe SARS-CoV-2 virus has been found in white-tailed deer across the country, and Massachusetts is now one of 41 states participating in a national effort to study the prevalence of...PlayEnvironment05:28Jan 11, 2022
Some N.H. towns are making more money on recycling than they have in years. What’s changed?Right now, Derry and other N.H. towns are making a lot of money off recycling. The prices municipalities are able to get are about double what they were four years...PlayEnvironment04:55Dec 28, 2021
For Christmases yet to come, climate change threatens Maine's beloved evergreensScientists say that some of the state's best-loved conifers are under threat, with extreme weather making it difficult for them to grow.PlayEnvironment05:59Dec 24, 2021
A Massachusetts company leads as the race for fusion energy heats upCommonwealth Fusion predicts it will have the world’s first net-energy fusion device by 2025 and is already building a factory in Devens to make the machine.PlayEnvironment07:27Dec 2, 2021
19th century New England whaling logs offer clues to 21st century climate changeLogbooks from the New England whaling industry contain meticulous descriptions of 19th century weather. Local researchers are now using those records to fill in gaps in modern climate science.PlayEnvironment04:43Nov 29, 2021
Massachusetts pulled out of a regional emissions pact. Here's what that meansThe Massachusetts effort to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 has suffered a big setback. Last week, Gov. Baker took the state out of the Transportation Climate Initiative, a multi-state...PlayEnvironment05:12Nov 21, 2021
