In a story titled “Cambodia fishermen struggle as the sea warms,” Reuters cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer showing that temperature spikes in the waters surrounding Cambodia have become more frequent since 2010. Yahoo! News and WHBL (101.5 FM in Sheboygan, Wisconsin), shared the Reuters report.
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In an article about the impact of warming seas on Cambodian crab fisherman, Reuters cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer noting that temperature spikes have become increasingly common in oceans along Cambodia’s coastline since 2010. WTVB (95.5 FM in Coldwater, Michigan) shared the Reuters report.
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In an article about record global temperatures and flooding, the Washington Post cited data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration charted by the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer showing that global average sea surface temperatures, excluding polar regions, have been hovering at or around record highs for six weeks.
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In an article about visualizations of climate change data, USA Today highlighted the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer, which gathers data from the National Weather Service and elsewhere to generate visualizations to show changes in the planet’s climate.
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In reporting about how El Niño has pushed global monthly mean ocean temperatures to all-time high, Hindustan Times cited information from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Change Reanalyzer demonstrating that sea surface temperatures observed since April show a far sharper spike than the warming over land, especially when compared with the long-term […]
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Yale Environment 360 featured research by University of Maine Ph.D. students Václava Hazuková and Ashley Grider looking at how frozen north lakes in the Arctic, which over millennia, locked up huge stores of carbon in their sediments, may unleash emissions that will accelerate climate change as they melt with rising temperatures. Undark and Mother Jones […]
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The Sun Journal shared that the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a hybrid talk, “Herding Ostriches: Building Climate Resilience in Polarized Places,” with Sunrise County Economic Council’s Tanya Rucosky, at 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18. Registration is required to attend remotely; to register and receive […]
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The Maine Monitor interviewed John Daigle, a University of Maine professor of forest recreation management, about how muddy conditions will impact ATV recreationists in Maine. Daigle said Maine’s unique recreation structure, where public trails pass through private land, requires special attention from outdoor recreationists to take care of the trails and maintain access from landowners. […]
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In reporting about wet summer conditions and whether they will continue into the fall and winter, the Sun Journal interviewed Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and assistant professor with a joint appointment in University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the UMaine Climate Change Institute. “We’re seeing more extremes as the climate warms. So, in terms […]
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The Maine Monitor interviewed Paul Mayewski, professor and director of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, about ice core research and abrupt climate change. Using Arctic ice cores, Mayewski and other researchers recorded shockingly rapid temperature changes that occurred 11,500 years ago. They were also able to observe that from 2007-2012, sea surface and […]
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