The 2022 Maine Food Waste Solutions Summit will be held virtually on Friday, April 15, from 9 a.m.–noon. This year’s theme is “Improving Maine’s Food System.” Food waste data is grim. The Natural Resources Defense Council estimates that 40% of food produced is never eaten, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture finds that this waste […]
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At the University of Maine, 38 faculty members have received tenure and/or promotion this spring. The annual announcement recognizes outstanding achievement in teaching, scholarship and research, and community engagement. Tenure for 28 of the faculty members was approved by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees on March 28. “It’s rewarding to recognize these […]
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The Independent, the Irish Independent, Sunday World cited data from the UMaine Climate Reanalyzer showing record high temperatures in Antarctica in an article about the Conger ice shelf in Antarctica collapsing and breaking off into an iceberg. According to the data, the Antarctic continent as a whole on Friday was 4.8C warmer than a baseline temperature […]
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Data from the Univeristy of Maine Climate Reanalyzer showing temperature differences from normal predicted over the Arctic this week was used in a Washington Post article a “bomb cyclone” — a storm or zone of low pressure that intensifies at breakneck speed, bringing unseasonably warm weather to the region. The data showed that the temperature […]
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Changes in the Arctic affect Maine, despite them being separated by more than 1,000 miles. Several scientists from the University of Maine study these shifting conditions of the climate and environment in the region and their impacts. In 2018, the UMaine Arctic Initiative was formed to build on their work and enhance collaboration in the […]
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News Center Maine reported that six scientists from the University of Maine who were on the 2019 National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition are releasing their findings from their ice research conducted there. The team’s goal was to determine whether the highest elevation point of Earth has been impacted by human activity. Mariusz […]
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Tracking the types of ticks that plague Maine helps scientists predict which tick-borne pathogens might become a problem. New research shows that blacklegged ticks have been increasing in abundance in a Midcoast forest over the past 30 years — and bringing more Lyme disease with it. Blacklegged ticks infected with a certain bacteria are the […]
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USA Today, Staten Island Live and Metro (United Kingdom) featured data from the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer in an article about North and South Pole warming. According to the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer, which is based on the U.S. National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration weather models, the Arctic as a whole was 6 degrees […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk on how forest management practices may affect ticks and tick-borne disease 3–4 p.m. on Monday, March 28. Maine has seen a five-fold increase in the incidence of Lyme disease, which is transmitted by the black-legged tick, over the […]
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The Associated Press reported that the University of Maine will receive $1 million in federal funding to establish the Maine Climate Science Information Exchange, a new coordination hub that will share research and support the Maine Climate Action Plan. News Center Maine, Spectrum News, Connecticut Post, New Haven Register, U.S. News & World Report, The […]
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