A number of University of Maine students and faculty members will present at the 2023 Maine Sustainability and Water Conference at the Augusta Civic Center on March 30. UMaine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions is the lead organizer of the event. For more information and to register, visit the event webpage. Session […]
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In an article about President Joe Biden’s Ocean Climate Action Plan, USA Today cited information from the Climate Reanalyzer at the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine that shows sea surface temperatures in the global ocean reached a record high on March 16, averaging 69.8 degrees. MSN, the Spectrum (St. George, Utah), the […]
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Timber Harvesting & Forest Operations noted the University of Maine’s role in a $10 million grant to Purdue University led project called PERSEUS (Promoting Economic Resilience and Sustainability of the Eastern U.S. Forests) designed to help landowners and stakeholders better adapt their forests to increasingly complicated economic and climate conditions in the Eastern U.S. Aaron […]
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News Center Maine interviewed Jonathan Rubin, director of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and professor of economics at the University of Maine, about comparing the climate impact of flying overseas versus driving a car that uses a lot of gas. “We know that if, say, New York to London round trip is about 7,000 […]
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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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