University of Maine climatologist George Denton’s decades of research on the role the Southern Hemisphere plays in climate change were highlighted this week in a story by Medill Reports Chicago, part of the Medill News Service at Northwestern University’s Graduate School of Journalism. “We as humans have reached 7 billion and we are living in […]
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A University of Maine glaciologist discovered icebergs likely contribute more meltwater to Greenland’s fjords than glaciers do, which can slow the melting rate of glaciers and potentially influence ocean circulation and climate. Greenland, the world’s largest island, is almost entirely covered by a permanent ice sheet that has been shrinking due to warming temperatures in […]
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The Washington Post, Discover Magazine, Live Science, Pulse Headlines and News and International Business Times cited data from the Climate Reanalyzer, a website run by research assistant professor Sean Birkel at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, in recent stories on the 36 Fahrenheit degree jump in pre-winter temperatures at the North Pole. The […]
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The Huffington Post quoted an Associated Press interview with Rebecca Holberton, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Maine, in a recent story on what may be causing puffins to wash ashore dead in Alaska. Researchers say climate change may be behind the recent die-offs. The article goes on to note that other […]
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Eight University of Maine students from a variety of disciplines will have five minutes each to present their sustainability projects on Nov. 21. The “Sustainability Lightning Talks” will begin at 3 p.m. in Norman Smith Hall, Room 107. Students will give details of their specific research related to a larger group project. The projects cover […]
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The Washington Post used data from the Climate Reanalyzer, a website produced by the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, for a recent story on the unseasonably warm temperatures sweeping North America. The United States, the story notes, experienced its third-warmest October on record and the warmth has continued into the first part of November. […]
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The Verge mentioned Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist at the University of Maine, in the article, “Will Trump slash public funding for scientific research?” Academic institutions in the U.S. rely heavily on federal dollars for running their labs, buying equipment, processing samples, and training the next generation of scientists, according to the article. Researchers all over […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported U.S. Sen. Angus King will deliver the Senator Margaret Chase Smith Public Affairs Lecture at the University of Maine’s Collins Center for the Arts at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 10. King’s address, “Maine and Climate Change: The View from Greenland,” is free and open to the public. King recently spent three days […]
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Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist at the University of Maine, was included in the Climate Central article, “Climate experts weigh in on Trump’s election win.” In response to Tuesday’s election, Climate Central reached out to climate, energy and policy researchers, including Gill, to see how they think a Trump presidency will impact climate research and efforts […]
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Lobster is on a Business Insider list of seven foods that could go extinct due to climate change. The lobster entry cites data from the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute and links to a newspaper story on research by scientists at the Darling Marine Center.
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