The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release previewing the 2015 Senator George J. Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability. “When Science Meets Politics: Symphony or Slugfest?” will be presented by University of Colorado professor and author Roger Pielke Jr., at 1 p.m. Oct. 15 in Hauck Auditorium. The event will include remarks by Sen. […]
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The Maine Edge reported the connection between fire, people, soil and extinct foxes is part of a University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H Science Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 24 at Sawyer Environmental Research Center. Youth in grades six through eight will learn to use a coring device to collect soil sediments […]
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The intersection of science and politics will be the focus of the 2015 Senator George J. Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability at the University of Maine on Oct. 15. “When Science Meets Politics: Symphony or Slugfest?” will be presented by University of Colorado professor and author Roger Pielke Jr., at 1 p.m. in Hauck Auditorium. The […]
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Researchers at the University of Maine say an expected increase in the frequency and strength of El Niño events — unusual warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean that causes worldwide fluctuations in temperature and rainfall — may result in milder winters in New England. Though good for residents longing for warm weather, the shift could […]
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University of Maine geologist Gordon Bromley spoke with WABI (Channel 5) about his upcoming research expedition to Antarctica. Bromley will study how Earth’s largest ice sheet — the East Antarctic Ice Sheet — has responded during past times of global warming to learn about how it may respond in the future to human-caused climate change. […]
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Learn how modern humans acquired a unique style of thinking and came to dominate the planet while other human species went extinct. Ian Tattersall will deliver a free, public lecture, “We Are What We Think: The Origins of Modern Human Cognition,” at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, in Hutchins Hall at the Collins Center for […]
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University of Maine researcher Paul Mayewski and the Climate Change Institute are lauded in the recent World Ocean Radio program “Climate Future Planning.” Host Peter Neill, director of the World Ocean Observatory, hails the work of Mayewski and CCI for creating a “software matrix that relates changes in the environment to plausible, scalable scenarios and […]
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Climate change research from the University of Maine was cited in the Portland Press Herald article, “Climate change becomes a matter of mental health.” The article cited a study by three UMaine professors — Mark Anderson, Caroline Noblet and Mario Teisl — on environment and values from the summer of 2010. The study, which was […]
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Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Arctic Newswire article, “Arctic experts warn of urgent need for collaboration.” Several speakers at a forum on Arctic issues held in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday focused on the the difficulties of communication and collaboration facing the government and […]
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University of Maine geologist Gordon Bromley will study how Earth’s largest ice sheet has responded during past times of global warming to learn about how it may respond in the future to human-caused climate change. The answers have implications: If the East Antarctic Ice Sheet melts, sea level around the planet could rise about 180 […]
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