The rapid warming of the 20th century has reversed 900 years of cooling in the Gulf of Maine, according to a new study led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, co-authored by the University of Maine and funded by the National Science Foundation. The Gulf of Maine has undergone recent, rapid ocean warming, but the […]
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Kimberly Miner, alumna and research assistant professor at the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, was listed as one of Green Queen’s six female scientists making the world more sustainable. The article cited Miner’s support of rewilding as a potential climate solution and her work to generate more nature preserves and reintroduce native […]
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Peter Fiekowsky will discuss his recently published book “Climate Restoration: The Only Future That Will Sustain the Human Race” on Aug. 15, at 2 p.m. in 107 Norman Smith Hall. The discussion will also be available via Zoom. Fiekowsky is an MIT-educated physicist and engineer, a serial entrepreneur, a philanthropist and a social innovator. He […]
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The scientific community now has a standard set of protocols for collecting data about volcanic ash known as tephra, thanks to an international team of researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey, the University of Maine and various institutions across the country. Tephra is any airborne material produced by an explosive volcanic eruption that plays an […]
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Maine Public, the Bangor Daily News, the Machias Valley News Observer, Fishing Wire, Scienmag, Bioengineer.org, Newswise, the Penobscot Bay Press, WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland), AZoCleantech and Futurity reported on a study co-authored by the University of Maine showing that climate change has reversed nearly a millennium of cooling in the Gulf of Maine over […]
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Ivan Fernandez, distinguished Maine professor at the School of Forest Resources, Climate Change Institute and School of Food and Agriculture, was a panelist on the Maine Public radio show “Maine On Point” for an episode about how carbon sequestration in Maine can help slow climate change.
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The Bangor Daily News, Mount Desert Islander and Travel and Tour World shared a study from the University of Maine that shows bringing together academics and tourism developers on Mount Desert Island (MDI) is an effective way to identify climate change impacts and determine what can be done to address them given a community’s strengths, […]
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Sean Birkel, research assistant professor at the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, assistant professor in UMaine Extension and state climatologist, was interviewed by Maine Public about the current drought in the state. Birkel said there have been reports of wells going dry, particularly in the southwestern part of Maine, and more heat […]
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Like many crops across the world, wild blueberries face several threats posed by climate change, including rising temperatures. Rafa Tasnim from Dhaka, Bangladesh, is trying to pinpoint new ways growers can protect one of Maine’s most iconic crops by using resources from the state’s backyard. Since joining the University of Maine in 2019, Tasnim, a […]
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University of Maine and University of New Hampshire researchers will investigate how the diversity and evolution of feeding habits among Arctic charr populations in Maine affect their resilience or vulnerability to climate change. The National Science Foundation’s Organismal Responses to Climate Change Program awarded almost $1.5 million for the study, spearheaded by Nathan Furey, an […]
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