David Abel
@davabel.bsky.social
Environment reporter @BostonGlobe.com | Professor @COMatBU | Director of www.inthewhalefilm.com, www.inundationdistrict.com, www.entangled-film.com, www.lobsterwar.com, www.gladesmenfilm.com, etc. | Former fellow @Niemanfdn | More: www.davidsabel.com.
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Sunday, Feb 1 at 2pm @neprwa.bsky.social invites you to a free screening of the film Inundation District by @davabel.bsky.social . Meet the filmmaker, hear from climate experts after the film, learn about climate change impacts on communities and how we can adapt.
Film Screening: Inundation District – Neponset River Watershed Association
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January 19, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Sunday, Feb 1 at 2pm @neprwa.bsky.social invites you to a free screening of the film Inundation District by @davabel.bsky.social . Meet the filmmaker, hear from climate experts after the film, learn about climate change impacts on communities and how we can adapt.
A wintry coating on everything in Boston this morning.
January 19, 2026 at 3:53 PM
A wintry coating on everything in Boston this morning.
"After years of controversy and delay, a major new power line delivering climate-friendly electricity to Massachusetts is finally up and running."
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A decade in the making, clean energy power line for Mass. is up and running
A major new transmission line that can bring renewable electricity from Quebec to Massachusetts is finally, after a whole lot of controversy and delay, starting to deliver power.
www.wbur.org
January 16, 2026 at 3:44 PM
"After years of controversy and delay, a major new power line delivering climate-friendly electricity to Massachusetts is finally up and running."
www.wbur.org/news/2026/01...
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January 13, 2026 at 10:17 PM
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution: In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
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January 12, 2026 at 5:41 PM
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution: In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Two cliff-front homes on Cape Cod sold for $100,000. But how long before the ocean claims them?
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/09/r...
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Two cliff-front homes on Cape Cod sold for $100,000. But how long before the ocean claims them? - The Boston Globe
Once upon a time, “waterfront” was shorthand for the most desirable place in the world of real estate sales. But only if that land was permanent and immovable.
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January 9, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Two cliff-front homes on Cape Cod sold for $100,000. But how long before the ocean claims them?
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/09/r...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/09/r...
The number of North Atlantic right whale calves has just increased to 18, so far this birthing season. These are promising numbers, though the species needs far more calves to keep up with its mortality rate.
January 9, 2026 at 3:46 AM
The number of North Atlantic right whale calves has just increased to 18, so far this birthing season. These are promising numbers, though the species needs far more calves to keep up with its mortality rate.
"Thwaites’s undoing could act like a cork being pulled from a bottle, causing the neighboring glaciers that make up the West Antarctic ice sheet to disintegrate as well. That could add 10 to 15 feet to sea-level rise over the course of several centuries."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/c...
The Icebreaker Reaches the Thwaites Glacier, and the Science Begins
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January 8, 2026 at 5:18 PM
"Thwaites’s undoing could act like a cork being pulled from a bottle, causing the neighboring glaciers that make up the West Antarctic ice sheet to disintegrate as well. That could add 10 to 15 feet to sea-level rise over the course of several centuries."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/c...
2025 ranked as the third-highest year (after 2023 and 2024) for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters — with 23 such events costing a total of $115 billion in damages.
www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
January 8, 2026 at 2:48 PM
2025 ranked as the third-highest year (after 2023 and 2024) for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters — with 23 such events costing a total of $115 billion in damages.
www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
North Atlantic right whales are having an encouraging season for births, with 15 calves born so far. But scientists warn that the critically endangered species needs 50 calves a year.
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A rare whale is having an encouraging season for births. Scientists warn it might still go extinct
One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many more young are needed to help stave off the possibility of extinction.
apnews.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:22 PM
North Atlantic right whales are having an encouraging season for births, with 15 calves born so far. But scientists warn that the critically endangered species needs 50 calves a year.
apnews.com/article/righ...
apnews.com/article/righ...
The beauty of Florida's Everglades.
January 2, 2026 at 3:29 PM
The beauty of Florida's Everglades.
How the climate crisis showed up in Americans’ lives this year: ‘The shift has been swift and stark’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How the climate crisis showed up in Americans’ lives this year: ‘The shift has been swift and stark’
Guardian US readers share how global heating and biodiversity loss affected their lives in ways that don’t always make the headlines
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
How the climate crisis showed up in Americans’ lives this year: ‘The shift has been swift and stark’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"All indications are that the weakening of the Thwaites Glacier ice shelf will continue to accelerate."
www.wired.com/story/the-do...
www.wired.com/story/the-do...
The Doomsday Glacier Is Getting Closer and Closer to Irreversible Collapse
An analysis of the expansion of cracks in the Thwaites Glacier over the past 20 years suggests that a total collapse could be only a matter of time.
www.wired.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
"All indications are that the weakening of the Thwaites Glacier ice shelf will continue to accelerate."
www.wired.com/story/the-do...
www.wired.com/story/the-do...
“If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient.”
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
“If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient.”
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
NASA Scientists Zoomed In on the Ocean — Then Spotted a Tiny Red Creature That Keeps Whales Alive indiandefencereview.com/nasa-zoomed-...
NASA Scientists Zoomed In on the Ocean — Then Spotted a Tiny Red Creature That Keeps Whales Alive
Off the New England coast, critically endangered whales are feeding on invisible swarms of red plankton—now suddenly visible from hundreds of miles above.
indiandefencereview.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
NASA Scientists Zoomed In on the Ocean — Then Spotted a Tiny Red Creature That Keeps Whales Alive indiandefencereview.com/nasa-zoomed-...
For those who can't access the online story through the paywall, here's the piece about our efforts to retrace Thoreau's footsteps on Cape cod's National Seashore.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/19/l...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/19/l...
December 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
For those who can't access the online story through the paywall, here's the piece about our efforts to retrace Thoreau's footsteps on Cape cod's National Seashore.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/19/l...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/19/l...
MWRA’s solution to sewer overflows stirs outrage
We fought for a clean Boston Harbor. The Charles and Mystic are next.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/20/o...
We fought for a clean Boston Harbor. The Charles and Mystic are next.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/20/o...
MWRA’s solution to sewer overflows stirs outrage - The Boston Globe
We fought for a clean Boston Harbor. The Charles and Mystic are next.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
MWRA’s solution to sewer overflows stirs outrage
We fought for a clean Boston Harbor. The Charles and Mystic are next.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/20/o...
We fought for a clean Boston Harbor. The Charles and Mystic are next.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/20/o...
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The story of an epic walk retracing Thoreau's footsteps on Cape Cod, with seals, surf and solitude: We arrived just as the first glimmers of dawn seeped over the horizon ...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/19/l...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/19/l...
Seals, surf, and solitude: Walking in Thoreau’s footsteps on Cape Cod - The Boston Globe
We headed out on a modern, exhausting, and exhilarating 24-mile adventure.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The story of an epic walk retracing Thoreau's footsteps on Cape Cod, with seals, surf and solitude: We arrived just as the first glimmers of dawn seeped over the horizon ...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/19/l...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/19/l...
December 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Drones detect deadly virus in Arctic whale breath
By using drones to collect exhaled breath from the blow holes of some of the world’s largest whales, scientists hope to monitor their health www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
By using drones to collect exhaled breath from the blow holes of some of the world’s largest whales, scientists hope to monitor their health www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
Drones detect deadly virus in Arctic whale breath
By using drones to collect exhaled breath from the blow holes of some of the world’s largest whales, scientists hope to monitor their health
www.thetimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Drones detect deadly virus in Arctic whale breath
By using drones to collect exhaled breath from the blow holes of some of the world’s largest whales, scientists hope to monitor their health www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
By using drones to collect exhaled breath from the blow holes of some of the world’s largest whales, scientists hope to monitor their health www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
The story of an epic walk retracing Thoreau's footsteps on Cape Cod, with seals, surf and solitude: We arrived just as the first glimmers of dawn seeped over the horizon ...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/19/l...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/19/l...
Seals, surf, and solitude: Walking in Thoreau’s footsteps on Cape Cod - The Boston Globe
We headed out on a modern, exhausting, and exhilarating 24-mile adventure.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The story of an epic walk retracing Thoreau's footsteps on Cape Cod, with seals, surf and solitude: We arrived just as the first glimmers of dawn seeped over the horizon ...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/19/l...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/19/l...
Rebutting a Trump report, study shows U.S. sea-level rise is accelerating. “It’s not politics. That’s what the data say,” said the study’s author, who examined 70 tide gauges around the country.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Rebutting a Trump report, study shows U.S. sea-level rise is accelerating
“It’s not politics. That’s what the data say,” said the study’s author, who examined 70 tide gauges around the country.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Rebutting a Trump report, study shows U.S. sea-level rise is accelerating. “It’s not politics. That’s what the data say,” said the study’s author, who examined 70 tide gauges around the country.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement
The watershed summit in 2015 was far from perfect, but its impact so far has been significant and measurable
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:51 AM
‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement www.theguardian.com/environment/...