Preliminary work will get under way soon at the commercial fishing dock, after the Chilmark select board awarded a bid for a site assessment to Childs Engineering Tuesday afternoon.

If climate change put Martha’s Vineyard under a magnifying glass, tiny Chappaquiddick is under a microscope. Work has begun on an emergency response plan.

In terms of climate change, 2021 was a chaotic and destructive year with almost constant record-breaking extreme weather events.

The $4 million reconstruction project at Memorial Wharf in Edgartown is nearly halfway finished and on track for completion by spring. The project will raise the wharf about a foot and a half.

More than 100 people with a wide range of backgrounds atended an online meeting as the Island formally kicked off its climate action plan.

Over the past year, it has become increasingly clear that climate change is accelerating.