Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist at the University of Maine, spoke with The Atlantic magazine for the article, “The lonely, thirsty, final days of the doomed Alaskan mammoths.” According to the article, a team of scientists led by a Pennsylvania State University researcher have determined what killed a group of the creatures stranded for millennia on […]
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Sean Birkel, the Maine state climatologist and University of Maine research assistant professor with the Climate Change Institute, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network for the report, “Maine may have ‘Year Without a Summer’ to thank for its statehood.” 1816 — also known as the Year Without a Summer — was a harsh summer […]
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Robert Steneck, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, spoke with ABC News for a report about Maine lobsters. The news team traveled to Bar Harbor to determine why the crustacean off the coast of Maine is considered one of the most delicious and coveted on the planet, and if its survival […]
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Read transcript Over the last year, Rhian Waller, associate professor of marine science at the University of Maine, has been to the ends of the Earth to study how changing oceans are affecting cold-water corals and what those changes may eventually mean in places like the Gulf of Maine. Waller’s research team included three undergraduate […]
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University of Maine researchers were mentioned in the Bangor Daily News article, “How Acadia National Park may adapt to changes in the future.” Acadia National Park biologist Bill Gawley monitors air and water quality in the park, and for the past three years has worked with UMaine researchers on the Jordan Pond Buoy Project, according […]
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Sean Birkel was cited in an article about the cold summer of 1816 titled “Weather Patterns” in the July issue of Down East magazine. The “year without a summer” 200 years ago was near the end of the Little Ice Age and Mount Tambora in Indonesia erupted, releasing ash that resulted in a “volcanic winter.” […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network spoke with Laura Rickard, an assistant professor of communication at the University of Maine, about her recent study on climate change communication. The research, which was published in the journal Global Environmental Change, aimed to determine if the perceived proximity of climate change can be manipulated to inspire engagement in […]
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Determining if the perceived proximity of climate change can be manipulated to inspire engagement in the issue is the central focus of a recent study led by a University of Maine researcher. The study adds to growing science and risk communication literature that suggests dimensions of psychological distance can influence attitudes toward environmental policies and […]
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Read transcript University of Maine researchers, including Kit Hamley, explore how extinct and introduced animals affect the Falkland Islands and seek to help farmers, sheep, tussock grass, tourists and penguins coexist in light of competing interests, sea-level rise and erosion. Hamley helped develop the 4-H Follow A ResearcherTM program at UMaine, which connects K–12 students […]
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Aaron Putnam, assistant professor with the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, is searching for clues in Mongolia about what “caused the Earth to lurch out of the last ice age.” Kevin Stark, a graduate student at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, is embedded with Putnam’s research team and is blogging about the expedition. […]
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