Mount Desert Islander advances Johnson’s climate change talk
Mount Desert Islander reported Tora Johnson, an associate professor of geographic information systems (GIS) and environmental studies at the University of Maine at Machias, will discuss the current and future impacts of climate change at the Southwest Harbor Public Library from 5:30–7 p.m. June 12. Johnson will speak about climate change effects in the area and what communities can do to prepare and prosper, according to the article. She will share free, interactive maps and online tools that can help with local planning and will talk about causes of conflict over climate issues and ways communities can manage disagreements and come together to meet a changing future, the article states. Johnson, who also serves as the director of the GIS Laboratory and Service Center at UMM, earned a doctorate in natural resource policy from the University of Maine, Mount Desert Islander reported.