News Center Maine, the Bangor Daily News, MaineBiz, WFVX-TV (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) and Energy News Network reported that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded $650,000 to a University of Maine project investigating the impacts of climate change on wild blueberry ecosystems and economics.
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Determining how climate change will affect spruce forests along Maine’s coastline and inspiring new ways to conserve them is the goal of a new study by University of Maine faculty and students. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded $643,848 for the project, led by Jay Wason III, […]
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The New York Times, The Guardian, Forbes and the Boston Globe cited data from the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer about high global and sea surface temperatures in June 2023.
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In an article about sea surface temperature anomalies in the North Atlantic in early March, The Independent, CBC, Quartz and Jersey Evening Post cited data from the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer showing that the North Atlantic temperature rose above previous records and is now 1 C warmer than the 1981–2011 mean average for this time […]
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded $650,000 to a University of Maine project investigating the impacts of climate change on wild blueberry ecosystems and economics. Wild blueberry fields provide important crops for the state of Maine. They also support ecosystems by providing water regulation, nutrient cycling, […]
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WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) featured University of Maine research into how warming waters can make non-native smallmouth bass more aggressive toward endangered juvenile Atlantic salmon. Smallmouth bass also more voraciously eat local food supplies at higher water temperatures.
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The Bangor Daily News noted the University of Maine is partnering with 10 municipalities and the Penobscot Nation to support residents and improve infrastructure in Penobscot County in the face of a changing climate as part of a new initiative called Penobscot Climate Action.
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Darren Ranco, professor of anthropology and chair of Native American Programs at the University of Maine, spoke with Maine Public about the new CODE RED exhibit at the Maine Historical Society in Portland. The exhibit, which Ranco co-curated, explores Indigenous knowledge and environmental stewardship, how humans have previously shaped the environment and the ramifications of […]
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USA Today interviewed Maine State Climatologist Sean Birkel for a fact checking article titled “April 1895 v. April 2023 temperature comparison does not disprove climate change.” According to Birkel, also assistant professor with a joint appointment at University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the UMaine Climate Change Institute, determining whether global warming has occurred by […]
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In a story about Wyman’s Blueberries importing and raising bees, the Bangor Daily News highlighted the University of Maine’s Wyman’s Wild Blueberry Research and Innovation Center in Old Town. In time, the research opportunities created by the center will improve predictions about how the berries respond to field conditions, varying precipitation levels and climate change, […]
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