Next April, Václava “Vendy” Hazuková will go to an arid, treeless area in West Greenland to solve a puzzle. It’s not known how lakes there contribute to Arctic carbon cycling — the process in which carbon atoms move from the atmosphere to the Earth and back. Where carbon is — including in the atmosphere, oceans, […]
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Seacoastonline reported on a presentation by Don Beith, a University of Maine assistant professor of philosophy, which challenged attendees to think about changing their habits based on their ecological impact. Beith, who writes about how habits can transform environments, classifies beneficial habits as virtues and suggests that we must apply “existential ethics” to address climate […]
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Alice Kelley, undergraduate coordinator in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences at the University of Maine, and UMaine graduate Jackie Bellefontaine spoke with CNN for a story about the importance of understanding climate change in finding solutions. Bellefontaine is a weather observer and educational specialist at the weather observatory on Mt. Washington; Kelley was […]
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Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, talked with Maine Public about a United Nations climate change report that highlights the urgency of the problem and reduces the timeline for meaningful response to global change from 2050 to 2030.
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Bradfield Lyon, an associate research professor in climate analysis at the University of Maine, spoke with The Guardian for a story about the heat wave in the Pacific Northwest. “By mid-century, the spatial size of heatwaves in the U.S. are expected to increase between about 50% to 80% from what they are in the current […]
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Bill McKibben touted Sharon Tisher’s “A Climate Chronology” in his latest column in The New Yorker. The environmentalist, author and founder of 350.org provided readers looking for a searchable chronology of climate-change events dating back to 1824 with a link to Tisher’s website. Inside Climate News also reported that Tisher’s comprehensive timeline of climate science and policy […]
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Sean Birkel, a research assistant professor with the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine and Maine’s state climatologist, talked with the Bangor Daily News about smoke from fires in Canada and the western U.S. affecting Maine’s air quality. Birkel noted a recent increase in wildfires in Maine, but said it is unclear how […]
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The Boston Globe spoke with Joshua Stoll, an assistant professor of marine policy at the University of Maine, about anxiety among fishermen being fueled by efforts to establish large-scale ocean aquaculture facilities in Maine. Stoll, whose work focuses on the “human side” of fisheries, notes that Maine’s coastal towns and small community fisheries may not […]
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Lily Calderwood, a wild blueberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Ellsworth American about the wild blueberry harvest this year. “Overall, the crop looks good this year,” said Calderwood, also an assistant professor of horticulture. “I think people are optimistic.” She also discussed how climate change threatens the crop, including […]
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Sean Birkel, a research assistant professor with the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about the impact of fluctuations in solar activity on climate change. According to Birkel, who is Maine’s state climatologist, solar irradiance has a very small impact on global temperatures particularly in comparison to […]
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