In an article about the steps that people can take to protect themselves from extreme heat, CNBC cited information from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer showing that globally, July 6 was the hottest day ever recorded, and during the week starting July 3, the record for the highest average temperature on […]
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In reporting about how July 2023 is poised to be the hottest month on record, the New Scientist cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer suggesting that this past week has been the hottest on record.
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In an article about Antarctica’s rapidly melting ice, Newsweek cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer from July 19 showing that there is almost 2 million square kilometers (about 772,000 square miles) less sea ice in Antarctica compared to the same point last year. Salon cited the Newsweek report.
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The Associated Press, Politico, The Economist and Carbon Brief cited calculations from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer about July 2023 heat waves. The Climate Reanalyzer data show that the global average temperature has been hotter in 22 of the first 24 days of July than on any other single day recorded. Spectrum […]
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USA Today featured Paul Mayewski, professor and director of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, and Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and assistant professor with a joint appointment in University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the UMaine Climate Change Institute, about data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer showing that […]
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In an article about the rise in extreme weather due to climate change, The Guardian cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer showing an increase in average global temperature and sea surface temperatures.
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News Center Maine interviewed William Livingston, director of the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine, about how wildfires in Canada could impact the price of lumber. Livingston said that burning forests have slowed timber production in Canada, leading to a decrease in supply to the U.S., which in turn would drive up […]
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The Associated Press cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer in an article about record-breaking heat in Phoenix this week. ABC News, U.S. News and World Report, Fortune, the Honolulu Star Advertiser, The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colorado), the South Florida Sun Sentinel, Arizona’s Family (Channel 3 and 5 in Phoenix, […]
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With smoke from wildfires across North America now blowing into Maine, a University of Maine researcher has tips on how to protect home air quality from the incoming haze. Smoke particles are light enough to linger in the air for hours or days, which is how they can travel to Maine even if they ignite […]
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Lauren Ross’s research on the physics of estuaries has brought her all over the world, from France to Frenchman Bay along Mount Desert Island. With her recently-awarded Fulbright, Ross will lead a team of scientists to Chile to look at these transition points between freshwater rivers and the salty sea in a place where so […]
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