Several University of Maine sustainability practices were mentioned in Portland Press Herald articles about colleges adding sustainability programs and making an effort to go green. The article, “‘Green’ moves into the classroom,” stated starting this fall, UMaine is offering a bachelor of arts degree in Human Dimensions of Climate Change. Dan Dixon, UMaine’s sustainability coordinator, […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported more than 100 University of Maine students are heading to New York City this weekend to take part in the People’s Climate March, which is being called the biggest demonstration in the history of the climate justice movement. “We are going because the climate crisis is the biggest challenge our […]
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The Associated Press previewed the Oct. 23 Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainability Conference that will be hosted by the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute (CCI). The conference, which is aimed at preparing for extreme weather events, is for business people, farmers, community planners and other interested residents and will cover subjects such as the […]
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The Associated Press and WVII (Channel 7) reported Hamish Greig, a University of Maine assistant professor of stream ecology, and Jacquelyn Gill, an assistant professor of terrestrial paleoecology at the Climate Change Institute (CCI) and the School of Biology and Ecology, are studying the impact of hemlock tree die-offs on the state’s freshwater forests. The […]
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Environmentalist Bill McKibben will speak about “Making a Life on a Tough New Planet” at the University of Maine’s Collins Center for the Arts on Tuesday, Oct. 7. The lecture, which runs from 3:30–5 p.m., is hosted by the UMaine Honors College as part of its Honors Read program in which entering students read and […]
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The Southern Ocean that encircles Antarctica lends a considerable hand in keeping Earth’s temperature hospitable by soaking up half of the human-made carbon in the atmosphere and a majority of the planet’s excess heat. Yet, the inner workings — and global importance — of this ocean that accounts for 30 percent of the world’s ocean […]
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The USDA Northeast Climate Hub, a collaboration of United States Department of Agriculture agencies, has announced new partnerships with the University of Maine and 11 other land grant universities in the Northeast. The agreement will give the region’s farmers, foresters and land managers better access to information and tools for adapting to climate and weather […]
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Phys.org carried a University of Maine report about extreme weather research and the upcoming CLAS (Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainability) Conference at UMaine. Researchers at UMaine’s Climate Change Institute have developed online tools to assist local community planners prepare for climate changes, the article states. The tools, which will be explained at the Oct. 23 […]
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Andrew Pershing, an associate professor in UMaine’s School of Marine Sciences and researcher at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, was interviewed by NECN for a report about how Gulf of Maine warming trends could have a major effect on the state’s fishing industry. Pershing said the warming temperatures could increase lobster landings in the […]
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Bob Steneck, a marine scientist at the University of Maine, and Andrew Pershing, an associate professor in UMaine’s School of Marine Sciences and researcher at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, were interviewed for the Associated Press article, “Gulf of Maine: ‘Poster child’ for global warming.” The warmer water contributed to an overabundance of lobsters […]
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