News Center Maine, the Bangor Daily News and VTDigger reported that Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and assistant professor with a joint appointment in University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the UMaine Climate Change Institute, was awarded more than $79,000 for a study of climate change resilience in mobile home park communities along with collaborators […]
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The Bangor Daily News, CentralMaine.com and Sun Journal noted that the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk titled “How can community-engaged researchers contribute to coastal community resilience?” at 3 p.m. on Nov. 7. Heather Leslie, director of UMaine’s Darling Marine Center, will discuss how […]
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Maine Public will rebroadcast a University of Maine-produced video about rising sea levels in Maine on Nov. 3 and 5 as part of the station’s film series. “Rising Tides: Changes in Sea Level along the Maine Coast,” produced by Ron Lisnet, manager of visual media for UMaine’s Division of Marketing and Communications, will be included […]
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The University of Maine will partner with regional institutions to study climate change resilience of mobile home parks in the Northeast, thanks to funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA). The NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnerships program, formerly the Regional Integrated Science and Assessments (RISA) program, awarded more than $79,000 to Sean Birkel, Maine […]
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A University of Maine-led delegation of students and faculty will witness world leaders, diplomats and experts negotiate global policies to address climate change at a United Nations summit from Nov. 7–18 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. By attending the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27), graduate students and […]
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Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine Climate Institute, will deliver the 2022 Judge Frank M. Coffin Lecture on Law and Public Service hosted by the University of Maine School of Law at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27 at Hannaford Hall on the University of Southern Maine’s Portland campus. Mayewski’s talk, titled “Climate Perspective […]
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For 10 years, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center has bolstered student and faculty creative works and research in history, geography, language, social sciences and the arts. It funds and supports fellowships, lectures, symposia, panels, performances and exhibitions. In this episode five of season seven of “The Maine Question,” Center director Beth Wiemann, discusses her team’s work […]
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In an article about a video from Science Insider illustrating what the Earth would look like if all the ice melted, Unilad cited a study from the University of Maine and the British Antarctic Survey that revealed Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier is melting at the quickest rate ever done over the last 5,500 years.
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Sean Smith, associate professor at the School of Earth and Climate Sciences at the University of Maine, spoke to WMTW (ABC 8 in Portland) about Mainers recovering from flooding after heavy rainfall last week. “The frequency and magnitude of flooding is generally on an upward trend in the region. Both climate changes and land cover […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared that the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk titled “The Maine Sustainability Hub: Building a Sustainability Community at UMaine” at 3 p.m. on Oct. 24. Registration is required to attend remotely via Zoom; to register and receive connection information, […]
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