Cape Cod Commission plan maps out how to take action on climate change
BARNSTABLE — Even in the middle of a global pandemic, climate change forced its way onto media front pages over the past year with record heat, droughts, water shortages and unprecedented flooding. "It's not so much that climate change itself is proceeding faster than expected — the warming is right in line with model predictions from decades ago," said climate scientist Michael Mann of Pennsylvania State University in a July 26 Reuters article. "Rather, it's the fact that some of the impacts are greater than scientists predicted." With nearly 600 miles of sandy coastline, Cape Cod is par...