Public promoted an appearance by Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, on Maine Calling at 11 a.m. Feb. 16. During the broadcast, Mayewski will preview presentations and panel discussions slated for Feb. 20 and 21 at the Camden Conference. The theme for this year’s Camden Conference is “The Geopolitics of […]
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Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, is participating in a “Maine Calling” discussion about how the “dramatic, irreversible changes” in the Arctic will influence geopolitics at 11 a.m. and again at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16. Other participants in the upcoming discussion include Frances Ulmer, former chair of the U.S. Arctic Research […]
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University of Maine physical glaciologist Kristin Schild spoke with the Tampa Bay Times about moulins, “portal(s) for meltwater” in the Greenland ice sheet. The article discussed research from University of South Florida professor Jason Gulley into moulins and how they affect rising sea levels resulting from climate change. Schild, an assistant research professor with the […]
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Bustle interviewed Brenda Hall, a University of Maine professor of glacial geology in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and the Climate Change Institute, about tips for maintaining mental resilience when facing isolation. Hall described her first trip to Antarctica in 1990, when she was 21 years old. “We learned to focus on the […]
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Cynthia Isenhour, associate professor of anthropology and climate change at the University of Maine, offered tips for having a sustainable Valentine’s Day to the Bangor Daily News. “Anytime we’re talking about physical gifts, from chocolates and flowers to jewelry, they all come with an environmental footprint,” she said.
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Orono, Maine — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk about how food waste can be safely recovered and recycled from 3–4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 22. New England is making progress toward a more circular food system, in which food waste is recovered […]
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Kimberley Miner, a research assistant professor with the Climate Change Institute, spoke with Eos for an article about evidence of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) polluting the Ganges River. Miner says the finding adds to the growing body of studies documenting chemical and microplastic pollution throughout the Himalayas, which includes the discovery of microplastic […]
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The Office of the Governor has announced that University of Maine faculty Ivan Fernandez and Adam Daigneault have been appointed to the Maine Forest Carbon Task Force. Forming a task force was recommended in the state’s new four-year climate action plan, Maine Won’t Wait, to guide development of a voluntary program for small-to-medium size woodland owners who […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot cited a Jan. 11 report about drug fatalities in Maine compiled by University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center researchers Kiley Daley and Marcella Sorg in an article titled “Saving lives from opioids.”
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Kimberley Miner will be featured on CBS Mission Unstoppable at 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 30. Show host Fig O’Reilly will talk with Miner, a research assistant professor with the Climate Change Institute, about climate change and sea level rise. The interview will be posted on YouTube. Miner, who also is a scientist with NASA’s Jet […]
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