WMTW quotes Birkel, Mallory in report on Maine’s climate future

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono.

Emergency services responded promptly to the scene and the student has been transported to a local hospital. The student’s family has been informed.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 or you may call the Dean of Students Office at 207-581-1406.

An investigation is underway and more details will be released when they become available. Our thoughts are with the student and their family.

Long Road has been cleared and is now accessible. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lieutenant Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

July 26, 2018 Climate Change, Cooperative Extension, Outreach, UMaine in the News

WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) quoted Sean Birkel, Maine’s state climatologist and a research assistant professor at the University of Maine, and Ellen Mallory, an associate professor with the Cooperative Extension and the School of Food and Agriculture at UMaine, in a report on Maine’s climate future. The average temperature in Maine has risen by two degrees over the last 100 years, according to the report. What this means for the state is more variation and more extremes in weather caused by the changing climate. “So, it’s really a mixed bag,” said Birkel, who uses data to map out gradual changes in climate over time. He predicts the state will experience more extreme rainfall events and rising low temperatures. Adapting to these changes is important for Maine’s farmers. “We can look at how those crops might be vulnerable to different changes, higher temps, changes in rainfall patterns. Changes that we are expecting to see,” said Mallory.