Birkel, CCI Research Cited in Press Herald Article
Sean Birkel, a research assistant professor at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute (CCI), was quoted in a Portland Press Herald article about the Department of Homeland Security partnering with the state of Maine for the first study of the effects of climate change on energy, water, transportation and telecommunications systems. CCI has been researching the effects of climate change for more than a decade, according to the article. Birkel said the work that has been conducted in the last year will help communities better understand the challenges that lie ahead. “We know that climate boundary conditions are changing,” he said. “We can’t provide all the answers yet, though.”