If you think Maine’s winter weather has been wilder lately you are likely right. Recent volatile shifts in winter weather are likely connected to rapid changes in Arctic weather and sea ice cover. To improve scientists’ and communities’ understanding of winter weather whiplash, and what it means for seasonally snow-covered landscapes like Maine, the National […]
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Rick Wahle, a research professor at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, was interviewed by Canadian Broadcasting’s Radio-Canada for a report about American lobster migrating from south to north, as a result of warming waters. A segment of the footage was shot at the DMC waterfront in Walpole where Wahle and graduate students conduct […]
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The Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer was included in an online Discover Magazine blog post titled, “Move over record-setting warmth: A brutal blast of winter misery straight out of the Arctic appears to be on its way.” An Arctic blast is forecast for the Midwest and eastern United States around Dec. 10, according to the […]
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Mashable interviewed Jacquelyn Gill, a professor of paleoecology at the University of Maine, for the article, “To obtain funding, scientists may be avoiding use of the term ‘climate change’ in research proposals.” Recently released data from NPR shows that grants and research proposals from the National Science Foundation using the term “climate change” in the […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in the Ellsworth American article, “Odds are tiny for a winter shrimp fishing season.” Members of the Atlantic State Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section are scheduled to meet Wednesday to establish dates and landings limits for the 2018 winter shrimp fishing season, according to the article. Most evidence […]
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The Republican Journal reported Spire, the Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability, is seeking submissions for the second issue of the online journal, slated for release in spring 2018. Spire’s editorial team of graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Maine is accepting submissions through Dec. 10. Submissions should concern the environment, conservation and/or […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the prehistoric shell middens, or refuse heaps, along the Maine coast that are threatened by rising sea levels, beach erosion and development. The middens include clam shells, fish bones and other artifacts left behind by people who lived along the coast thousands of years ago. “The paleo information is […]
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The Summer 2017 issue of Friends of Acadia Journal includes an article by Catherine Schmitt, communications director for Maine Sea Grant at the University of Maine. The article, “Rising seas at Acadia: Implications and strategies for a changing landscape,” looks at how researchers, park managers and conservationists are responding to the effects of sea-level rise […]
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The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) published an article written by Lisa Phelps, program administrator with University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Phelps wrote about the UMaine Cooperative Extension 4-H’s Follow a Researcher program. The program, now in its fourth year, uses technology and social media to connect K–12 classrooms with graduate students conducting […]
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The Forecaster reported on Aaron Strong’s talk — “Ocean Acidification: Will lobsters and clams disappear?” — for the Harpswell Heritage Land Trust. Strong, an assistant professor of marine policy, told attendees the Gulf of Maine is warming and becoming more acidic, both of which have repercussions. He said local communities can help protect water quality […]
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