The Maine Monitor spoke to Brian Beal, a professor of ecology and at the University of Maine at Machias, about the impact of climate change on Maine’s clam fishery. “Climate change is just that piece of dynamite that’s been thrown into that room. That has just changed everything,” Beal said. News Center Maine, the Bangor Daily […]
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The University of Maine Office of Sponsored Research has been awarded $50,000 from Jane’s Trust Foundation for a project to develop adaptive resilience to climate change with Wabanaki communities, led by Darren Ranco, professor of anthropology and chair of Native American Programs at the University of Maine. Jane’s Trust Foundation is a family foundation dedicated […]
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CentralMaine.com shared that the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine plans will host a talk, “Who’s on First? Focusing on the importance of relationships in climate action” at 3 p.m. Jan. 30, both remotely via Zoom and in person at 107 Norman Smith Hall. Registration is required to […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk titled “Who’s on First? Focusing on the importance of relationships in climate action” at 3 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 30. In this talk, Nathan Robbins, climate change specialist with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), will […]
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In an article featuring historical photographs of ice conditions in Maine, the Bangor Daily News cited the 2020 Maine’s Climate Future report published by the University of Maine, which shows that winter is the state’s fastest-warming season. WPFO-TV (Fox 23 in Portland) shared the BDN report.
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In an article about the impact of mild winter weather on Maine’s snow plowing industry, the Portland Press Herald cited a 2020 report from the University of Maine that says global warming could cause more problems for the plowing industry in coming years.
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Kimberly Miner, research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, was featured in an NBC News segment about how climate change has fueled recent extreme weather events and flooding in California. “Climate change is warming the whole planet and that includes the atmosphere and the oceans. What that means for us is […]
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Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and assistant professor with a joint appointment in University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the UMaine Climate Change Institute, spoke to the Bangor Daily News about the exceptionally warm December in Bangor. “If we look at the larger statewide scales, winters in Maine are warming on average, though there is […]
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In a story about Maine’s scallop farming industry, News Center Maine spoke to Christopher Noren, graduate student at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, about his research into the best ways to grow scallops to farm. Noren said that climate change warming Maine’s waters can pose a potential risk to the scallop industry, both […]
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In a roundup of the year’s climate stories, Maine Public cited an interview with Ivan Fernandez, a professor of soil science at the University of Maine, where he said that snow in Maine has decreased by 7% and will decrease by another 20%–40% by 2050. The article also noted that, according to the University of […]
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