No place on Earth can escape the effects of climate change, not even Mount Everest. The highest glacier on the world’s tallest mountain — the South Col Glacier — is rapidly disappearing. A new University of Maine-led study found that the glacier is losing several decades of ice and snow accumulation annually due to human-induced […]
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An all-student cast of seven will present the University of Maine School of Performing Arts Division of Theatre and Dance production of “Terra Nova” by Ted Tally, opening Feb. 11 in Hauck Auditorium at the University of Maine. Directed by UMaine theatre instructor Julie Arnold Lisnet, “Terra Nova” is adapted from the journals of Robert […]
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In a story about glaciers across the world shrinking, NPR cited a new University of Maine-led study that revealed that melting and sublimation on Mount Everest’s highest glacier due to human-induced climate change have reached the point that several decades of accumulation are being lost annually now that ice has been exposed. Paul Mayewski, director […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an op-ed from Erin Victor, a University of Maine doctoral student, titled “The case for a different kind of climate action.” Victor is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to address public challenges and their policy implications.
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The Register-Herald noted that Andrei Kurbatov, an associate professor with the University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute, is helping plan a four-part volcano eruptions data workshop called Tephra Fusion 2022.
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National Geographic, CBS News, BBC News, CNN, The Independent, The Hill, The Weather Channel, the Daily Mail, the Bangor Daily News, Spectrum News, Live Science, the Agence France-Presse, Sky News, CNET, Pardafas, ScienceAlert, The Kathmandu Post, The Malaysian Insight, WION and Down To Earth reported on a new study from a University of Maine-led international […]
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The Conversation published an article about what scientists and historians consider to be “worst year to be alive” — 536 — that featured a 2018 study co-authored by several scientists from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, including director Paul Mayewski. They collaborated with other researchers to investigate an ice core in the Swiss-Italian […]
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Orono, Maine — Melting and sublimation on Mount Everest’s highest glacier due to human-induced climate change have reached the point that several decades of accumulation are being lost annually now that ice has been exposed, according to a University of Maine-led international research team that analyzed data from the world’s highest ice core and highest […]
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MPR News cited the Climate Reanalyzer developed by Sean Birkel, a research assistant professor with the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, in a story titled “Possible polar vortex signs emerging in February.”
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The Sun Journal and Centralmaine.com advanced a talk hosted by the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions about “The Warming Sea” project from 3–4 p.m. Feb. 7. Register on the event webpage.
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