Abagael Giles
Reporter, Environment & Climate ChangeAbagael is ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý's climate and environment reporter, focusing on the energy transition and how the climate crisis is impacting Vermonters â€� and Vermont’s landscape.
Abagael joined ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý in 2020. Previously, she was the assistant editor at Vermont Sports and Vermont Ski + Ride magazines. She covered dairy and agriculture for The Addison Independent and got her start covering land use, water and the Los Angeles Aqueduct for The Sheet: News, Views & Culture of the Eastern Sierra in Mammoth Lakes, Ca.
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This January through July was the hottest on record for Vermont and New Hampshire. It's part of a trend caused by climate change. But farmers say they welcomed the warm weather this year. -
Voters around Vermont trickled into polling places on primary election day with issues like climate change, housing, affordability and taxes top of mind. -
After a repeat of devastating flooding in Vermont, a lot of people have brought up an old idea to help fix this problem: dredging our rivers. The issue is, digging rivers deeper makes flooding more destructive. -
Scientists say that recent flooding will worsen water quality for Lake Champlain and other Vermont waterways, but it's not expected to be as bad as 2023. -
Vermont is experiencing a stretch of unusually hot and humid weather that forecasters said could be interspersed with the occasional “normal summer thunderstorm," which shouldn’t cause alarm. -
Vermont State Climatologist Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux about the role of climate change � and geography � in the flooding Vermont saw last week. -
'It's flood fatigue': What it was like for a Johnson couple to watch waters rising toward their homeJerry Williams and Jeane Wolfe are still waiting for a buyout of their home after last year's flooding. On Thursday, they watched as the Gihon River rose again. -
A year after historic floods swept through Vermont, one couple in hard-hit Cambridge village is still grappling with big questions about what’s next for their home, even as they rebuild and prepare for the next flood. -
The historic hiking and rock climbing destination will now be protected as part of Willoughby State Forest. -
In recent decades, tick populations have boomed in Vermont and other Northeastern states � as have tick-borne diseases like Lyme. Scientists say climate change is one piece of the puzzle, but it’s not the only thing driving the expansion of their range.
