In an article about a new peak in global ocean temperatures, the Weather Network cited information from the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer showing that the North Atlantic contributes to this global ocean temperature anomaly.
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Beth Bisson, associate director of Maine Sea Grant and the University of Maine’s phenology program Signs of the Seasons, spoke to the Maine Monitor about how citizen science helps to track the impact of climate change in Maine. “[Researchers] could just never approach anything close to the volume that you can get if people from […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Sun Journal, Penobscot Bay Pilot and CentralMaine.com reported that the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk, “Dealing with Drought: Aligning farmer needs and advisor confidence, skills, and expertise,” on March 27 at 3 p.m. To register and receive connection information, see […]
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Seth Campbell, associate professor at the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute, with $1,001,174 over two prestigious grants that will fund research about Alaska and Canada glacier change and connect hundreds of low-income high school students and first-generation college students with polar research. NSF funded […]
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The Bangor Daily News highlighted Jasmine Saros, professor of paleolimnology and lake ecology at the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology and associate director of the Climate Change Institute, being named the the 2023 Fulbright Distinguished Arctic Scholar, one of most prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholar Program.
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Fogler Library will host the Human Dimensions of Climate Change film series, with three film screening events March 21–April 4. In-person screenings, all from 6–8 p.m. in Fogler Library Classroom 1, will include post-film discussions with featured guests: March 21 — “Eternal Amazon” (2012); post-film discussion with director Belisário Franca March 28 — “Reciprocity Project” […]
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The Washington Post used data from the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer in an article about record temperatures in Greenland early this week, which were up to 50 degrees above normal in some places.
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Jasmine Saros, professor of paleolimnology and lake ecology at the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology and the Climate Change Institute, has been named the 2023 Fulbright Distinguished Arctic Scholar, one of most prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholar Program. The 2023 Fulbright Distinguished Arctic Scholar award supports research and teaching within areas […]
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Determining how the diversity of plant-eating megafauna has affected vegetation in the Arctic over the past 150,000 years will be the focus of a new University of Maine study funded by the National Science Foundation. Alessandro Mereghetti, a UMaine Ph.D. student in ecology and environmental sciences, received a $56,118 Arctic Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant […]
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Seth Campbell, associate professor at the University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute, was quoted by Science and E&E News about unfair practices in the polar Physical Qualification, or PQ, process. The comprehensive medical screening is required for scientists and support staff whose deployment to the Antarctic and Arctic […]
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