The Portland Press Herald, The Weather Channel, Nautilus Magazine, World Nation News, Earth.com, Sustainability Times, OBOZ.UA, Collapse Musings, StudyFinds, The Kākā and Euro News reported on a new study led by the University of Maine which concluded that central features of human evolution may stop our species from resolving global environmental problems like climate change. […]
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KBTX (Channel 3 in Bryan, Texas) cited a data visualization on the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer indicating that 2023 was the hottest year on record worldwide. The station reported that according to the Climate Reanalyzer, “the global temperature anomaly in 2023 was higher than the previous record of 2016′s 1.78°F above […]
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Central features of human evolution may stop our species from resolving global environmental problems like climate change, says a new study led by the University of Maine. Humans have come to dominate the planet with tools and systems to exploit natural resources that were refined over thousands of years through the process of cultural adaptation […]
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Jacquelyn Gill, an associate professor of paleoecology and plant ecology at the University of Maine, spoke to the Times of India about plant adaptations to climate change.
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In a story titled “UNESCO Introduces Cultural Climate Change as a New Way to Track Global Development,” Nature World News advanced the first-ever study of cultural adaptation to climate change, which was conducted by University of Maine and University of Vermont researchers. Tim Waring, associate professor with the UMaine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for […]
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The Washington Post interviewed Jacquelyn Gill, an associate professor of paleoecology and plant ecology at the University of Maine, about discussing climate change as an emergency. When it comes to terms like “climate emergency,” Gill said, “it’s a little bit of strategy and a lot of honesty.” Gill also said in regards to global warming, […]
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As the impacts of climate change grow, society and people struggle to adapt to the challenges of the new reality. Change, however, is difficult, and adapting to new ways of life or new ways of doing business often requires a change in culture. To determine how culture and society adapt to a changing climate, a […]
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Jacquelyn Gill, an associate professor of paleoecology and plant ecology at the University of Maine, spoke with Maine Public for a story titled “Humans may be the ultimate invasive. This Maine scientist sees a better path ahead.” Gill said “if we could take a page from many Indigenous cultures throughout the world, and rather than […]
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In a story about how the global temperatures may increase more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the Hindustan Times cited air temperature provided by University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer indicating that since June, “temperatures have been significantly above the long-term mean of 1979 to 2000, and possibly highest ever.”
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The Milwaukee Independent cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer indicating that the daily September temperatures were, “higher than what has been recorded before for this time of year.”
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