In an article about the warming Arctic regions of Alaska, the Associated Press and Washington Post cited information from the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer that showed last Sunday, the Arctic as a whole averaged 11.5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the 1979-2000 average temperature. The following Monday, Climate Reanalyzer’s computer models showed that average to […]
Read more
Ivan Fernandez, professor at the University of Maine School of Forest Resources and Climate Change Institute, was a panelist on Maine Public’s show Maine Calling about the importance of soil in human lives and for the planet.
Read more
The Bangor Daily News noted that the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2023, marking a half-century of research and education related to climate change in Maine, New England and across the planet. More information about CCI’s research expeditions can be found on its website.
Read more
Determining how wild blueberry growers can use biochar, charcoal-like material derived from the pyrolysis of wood, to increase soil moisture and aid in the crop’s ability to be resilient to drought will be the focus of a new study by University of Maine researchers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) […]
Read more
News Center of Maine reported University of Maine researchers investigating how the diversity and evolution of feeding habits among Arctic charr populations in Maine affect their resilience or vulnerability to climate change for a study with the University of New Hampshire. “These Arctic char populations are the canary in the coal mine for this part […]
Read more
The University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2023, marking half-century of research and education related to climate change in Maine, New England and across the planet. In 1973, professor emeritus Harold Borns, whose research focused on glaciers and glaciation in Maine, founded the Institute for Quaternary Studies with the goal […]
Read more
In a column about how forests can serve as a buffer against climate change, CentralMaine.com cited a study from the University of Maine that estimates Maine’s forests sequester nearly 70% of the carbon dioxide emitted in Maine every year.
Read more
The nation’s first multi- and inter-disciplinary research institute to study Earth’s recent and long-term climate variability was founded in 1972 at the University of Maine. That institute, now known as the Climate Change Institute, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, a milestone that honors the many groundbreaking discoveries its scientists have made in the […]
Read more
Though freshwater systems are known to be important indicators for understanding climate change, little has been done to connect the existing science on freshwater bodies in the Arctic in order to determine patterns that will help better understand the region. A University of Maine-led review has tied together the existing research about Arctic freshwater systems’ […]
Read more
The University of Maine has released a video about a summer 2022 expedition by students and faculty to Greenland as part of a program funded by the National Science Foundation. Read transcript In June 2022, Jasmine Saros, associate director of the Climate Change Institute and professor of paleolimnology and lake ecology with the School of […]
Read more