Mashable and International Business Times cited data from the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer in an article about recent above average ocean temperatures. Aol shared the Mashable article.
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The Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) cited data from the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer in an article about the impact of recent high ocean temperatures on this year’s hurricane season.
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CNN interviewed Aaron Weiskittel, professor of forest biometrics and modeling at the University of Maine, about the increased risk of wildfires in the Northeast this year. “Wherever there’s forests, there’s always a risk of forest fires,” Weiskittel said. Weiskittel also explained that climate change and milder winters in the Northeast are contributing to an influx […]
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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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