Schmitt addresses what Arctic warming may mean for state in Maine Boats article
Catherine Schmitt, communications director for the Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine, writes in Maine Boats that the climate changes altering life above the Arctic Circle are also influencing conditions along the Maine coast. At last fall’s Arctic Council meeting in Portland, writes Schmitt, scientists gave examples of the connection between what’s happening in the Arctic and phenomena now appearing in Maine. Examples included the weakening of the polar vortex, which sends cold air south into Maine, and possible changes to the Labrador Current, beneath the ocean surface.