In an article about ocean surface temperatures reaching a record high, EcoWatch and Live Science cited data from the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer showing that the daily sea surface temperature hit 21.1 degrees Celsius on April 1 and remained there through April 6. The recorded high beat the previous highest ocean surface temperature of […]
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In an article about record breaking sea temperatures causing supercharged storms, the New Scientist cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer showing that global average sea surface temperature hit a record high of 21.1 degrees Celsius on April 1.
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Darren Ranco has spent his life determining how to help Indigenous and non-Indigenous people protect the land they inhabit. Through his work as an anthropologist and chair of Native American Programs at the University of Maine, Ranco has studied tribal sovereignty, cultural resource protection, environmental justice and ways Native American communities can resist environmental destruction. […]
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Maine Impact Week, which celebrates the University of Maine faculty, students, community and their contributions to the social and economic advancement of the state and beyond, will be held from April 10–16. Over 20 in person and virtual events will occur throughout the week, all of which highlight the impact of research and creative work […]
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Smithsonian Magazine published a feature story about the Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP) based at the University of Maine.
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Atmos interviewed Aaron Weiskittel, director of the Center for Research on Sustainable Forests at the University of Maine, for an article about whether climate change may bring wildfires to the northeastern U.S. “New England has a lot of forests that can potentially burn and create conditions similar to what we see in the western U.S. […]
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Manuel Wörsdörfer, assistant professor of management and computing and information science at the University of Maine, was featured on a recent episode of the “Examining Ethics” podcast, produced by the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University. In the episode, Wörsdörfer reviews both the ethical and politico-economic aspects and implications of climate change and […]
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Sierra Magazine featured an essay entitled “The Asteroid and the Fern” that Jacquelyn Gill, associate professor of paleoecology and plant ecology with the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology and Climate Change Institute, wrote for the collection “Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story From Despair to Possibility” edited by Rebecca Solnit and […]
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Maine Public’s show Maine Calling featured Paul Mayewski, professor and director of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Climate Change Institute. Mayewski discussed his latest research and what he has learned over the years about glaciers, melting ice, and human-induced climate change.
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In an article about climate “doomers,” the Washington Post spoke to Jaquelyn Gill, associate professor of paleoecology and plant ecology at the School of Biology and Ecology and Climate Change Institute. Gill told the Washington Post that in 2018 she started hearing different sorts of questions when she spoke at panels or did events online. […]
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