In an article about Antarctica’s rapidly melting ice, Newsweek cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer from July 19 showing that there is almost 2 million square kilometers (about 772,000 square miles) less sea ice in Antarctica compared to the same point last year. Salon cited the Newsweek report.
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The Associated Press, Politico, The Economist and Carbon Brief cited calculations from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer about July 2023 heat waves. The Climate Reanalyzer data show that the global average temperature has been hotter in 22 of the first 24 days of July than on any other single day recorded. Spectrum […]
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The Daily Bulldog and Sun Journal reported that Mary Lou Ciofli, senior program manager at the University of Maine Center on Aging, will be the keynote speaker at the 2023 Aging Well Living Well Expo, presented by SeniorsPlus. The expo will be held from 8 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, at the Grand Summit Hotel […]
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In a segment for the program “Maine Calling” about changes in Maine aquaculture, Maine Public featured Dana Morse, senior extension program manager and aquaculture lead at Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension, as a panelist, and Jaclyn Robidoux, marine extension associate at Maine Sea Grant and UMaine Extension, as a VIP caller.
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The Bangor Daily News shared that University of Maine ecology professor Brian McGill was awarded the Humboldt Research Award, one of the most prestigious scientific honors in Germany. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation awards the prize annually to internationally-renowned scientists who reside outside of Germany. In addition to the cash award of 60,000 euros, or […]
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USA Today featured Paul Mayewski, professor and director of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, and Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and assistant professor with a joint appointment in University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the UMaine Climate Change Institute, about data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer showing that […]
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In an article about the rise in extreme weather due to climate change, The Guardian cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer showing an increase in average global temperature and sea surface temperatures.
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News Center Maine featured research led by Angela Mech, assistant professor of forest entomology at the University of Maine, looking at ways to control and decrease browntail moth populations by disrupting their mating patterns with specialized pheromones. “It’s a public health concern as well as a forest health concern,” Mech said.
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News Center Maine interviewed William Livingston, director of the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine, about how wildfires in Canada could impact the price of lumber. Livingston said that burning forests have slowed timber production in Canada, leading to a decrease in supply to the U.S., which in turn would drive up […]
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The Associated Press cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer in an article about record-breaking heat in Phoenix this week. ABC News, U.S. News and World Report, Fortune, the Honolulu Star Advertiser, The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colorado), the South Florida Sun Sentinel, Arizona’s Family (Channel 3 and 5 in Phoenix, […]
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