The College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture (NSFA) at the University of Maine will host a live webinar called “NSFA Unlocked” from 2–4 p.m. Sept. 30. Campus leaders from the college in nursing, marine sciences, economics and more will highlight the science and student experiences that inspire their work. The showcase aims to better […]
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Global Geneva published an article co-authored by Paul Mayewski, Charles Norchi and Alexander More about the Hindu Kush-Himalaya (HKH) “water tower” that contains more water and ice than any region of the earth outside the poles. Mayewski is the director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine; Norchi is a professor with […]
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Sean Birkel, a research assistant professor at the University of Maine and Maine’s state climatologist, talked with USA Today Network News about the evidence and impacts of climate change in Maine. Birkel noted that changing precipitation patterns and temperatures that are increasing more quickly than in the rest of the U.S. could exacerbate climate change […]
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Maine International Trade Center talked with Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, about the growing role Maine has in Arctic research and leading critical research about global climate change.
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The Bangor Daily News reported that the University of Maine will join the town of Orono and the city of Bangor in efforts to create a regional climate action plan that will stretch across Penobscot County. UMaine, home of the Climate Change Institute, is working to finalize a memorandum of understanding with the municipalities. News […]
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The Center for Research on Sustainable Forests at the University of Maine will host a series of five webinars and live forest tours that will explore the impact of climate change on diverse Maine woodlands. The Forest Climate Change Initiative and the Forest Stewards Guild will explore the impact of climate change through a series […]
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The Cape Cod Times spoke with Andrew Pershing, a University of Maine associate professor with the Climate Change Institute, about fishing practices and accelerated warming in the Gulf of Maine that are impacting the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. Pershing and other researchers recently published three studies that indicate the right whale may be […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared a University of Maine news release highlighting the role of researchers from UMaine’s Climate Change Institute in a new project seeking to identify and harvest the oldest ice in Antarctica. The Center for the Oldest Ice Exploration, or COLDEX, is led by Oregon State University and funded by the National […]
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University of Maine Climate Change Institute researchers will return to the Allan Hills blue ice area in Antarctica as part of a new Center for Oldest Ice Exploration, or COLDEX, led by Oregon State University and made possible by a five-year, $25 million National Science Foundation grant. COLDEX is one of six new NSF science […]
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The Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) shared an Oregon State University news release noting that University of Maine researchers are participating in a multi-institutional effort led by Oregon State to discover the oldest ice in Antarctica. The project, funded by a five-year, $25 million award from Science and Technology Center, will allow the team of scientists […]
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