Climate Change
Climate Change, including internationally recognized research, and highly integrated undergraduate and graduate educational opportunities, as well as an emerging academic focus on changing ecosystems and climate — impact on animal and human health. The Climate Change Institute has evolved beyond a singular focus on research to be a leader and a vehicle for broad integration of climate change strengths across campus and statewide.
- Climate Change Institute
- School of Biology and Ecology
- School of Economics
- School of Food and Agriculture
- School of Earth and Climate Sciences
- Department of Anthropology
- Schools of Computing and Information Sciences
- School of Forest Resources
- School of Policy and International Affairs
- College of Engineering
Recent News
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National Parks Traveller features new effort to protect Acadia’s Indigenous archaeological sites from climate change
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New York Times interviews Birkel about rising ocean temperatures
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Kate Flynn: Turning leftovers into long-lasting impact
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Newsom, UMaine students and Wabanaki partners aid effort to protect Acadia’s Indigenous archaeological sites from climate change
UMaine Today
Sea monsters
Coastal storms research helps Maine anticipate and prepare for extreme weather
Cold context
Internationally recognized climate scientist Paul Mayewski documents the past to ensure the future
Farming the sea
Maine’s aquaculture industry grows through research, innovation and collaboration
A century in Acadia
The symbiosis between a national park and Maine’s public research university
Stellar in STEM
UMaine boasts five NSF Graduate Research Fellows