The Portland Press Herald, the Bangor Daily News, The Piscataquis Observer, Sun Journal and CentralMaine.com reported on a study led by Jacquelyn Gill, associate professor of paleoecology & plant ecology with the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology and Climate Change Institute, that will examine 13,000 years’ worth of lake sediment containing ancient plant DNA […]
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The Portland Press Herald published a feature story about Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and assistant professor with a joint appointment in University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the UMaine Climate Change Institute, and his work involving the UMaine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer. “It’s a difficult thing to do,” Birkel said. “You have to […]
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About 13,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age, glaciers that pushed arctic plant life across the northern hemisphere receded and left some behind on mountain tops in the Northeastern U.S. The alpine plants — now far away from their original tundra habitats — have endured millenia of extreme seasonal climate changes […]
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Scientific American spoke to Jacquelyn Gill, associate professor of paleoecology and plant ecology with the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology and Climate Change Institute, about new research into the famed La Brea Tar Pits published on Aug. 17 in Science. “We know that in modern systems, extinction is very rarely unicausal. You […]
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Maine Public interviewed Jacquelyn Gill, associate professor of paleoecology & plant ecology with the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology and Climate Change Institute, about a Montana case where the judge sided with 16 young plaintiffs in their landmark court case against the state over its climate policies. “They are getting inroads into […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke to Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and assistant professor with a joint appointment in University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the UMaine Climate Change Institute, and David Handley, vegetable and small fruit specialist at Extension, about how a volcanic eruption in Tonga 18 months ago is impacting Maine growing seasons. […]
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The New York Times featured the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) in an article about the clean energy future. “All of us would like to think that we can have renewable energy with zero impact on the environment — as you know, it’s not possible, right? So our goal, and our […]
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The Associated Press cited the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer in reporting how Tuesday, Aug. 8 was the first day since July 2 in which the global average temperature fell below the record-breaking 16.92 degrees Celsius. According to AP, that means “that Earth just spent 36 days straight above the previous hottest […]
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Emmanual Boss, University of Maine professor of oceanography, spoke to Eos, Science News and Hunan TV’s program “Seeking Truth in News” about a new global study he co-authored showing that the ocean’s color has changed significantly over the last 20 years, likely as a consequence of human-induced climate change. “The bacteria are very happy. There […]
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Jessica Leahy, professor of human dimensions of natural resources at the University of Maine, was featured on the Maine Science Podcast’s latest episode. Leahy discussed her research about environmental attitudes and behaviors toward forests, forestry and other natural resource management topics using a social psychology and communication approach. She said that her work focuses on […]
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