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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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Aaron Weiskittel, director of the Center for Research on Sustainable Forests and professor of forest biometrics and modeling at the University of Maine, for an article about research looking at how wildfire smoke fuels climate change. Weiskittel told the PPH that while Maine will be impacted by the smoke produced […]
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Mainebiz and Maine Public reported on the University of Maine creating a new training program for graduate students that will support the next generation of marine science and conservation professionals. The program, led by UMaine associate professor of marine policy Joshua Stoll, is supported by a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
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In a story about how summer 2023 was the hottest on record, Euronews cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer which shows that so far, daily September temperatures are also above average.
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Jacquelyn Gill, associate professor of paleoecology and plant ecology with the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology and Climate Change Institute, spoke to Fast Company about how Maine got more than 100,000 residents to install heat pumps. Gill told Fast Company that this year’s muggy, hot summer convinced her to install a heat […]
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Maine Public featured Jacquelyn Gill, associate professor of paleoecology and plant ecology with the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology and Climate Change Institute, and Gregory Zaro, associate professor at the UMaine Department of Anthropology and Climate Change Institute, as panelists on the show ‘Maine Calling’ for a segment about the Anthropocene, the […]
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