Roger Hooke, beloved University of Maine mentor and researcher and giant in the fields of glaciology and geomorphology, died March 10 at the age of 82. Hooke joined the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute in 2000 as a research professor and adviser. One of Hooke’s interests during his time at […]
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News Center Maine reported on the February 2021 drug overdose report compiled by Marcella Sorg, a University of Maine forensic anthropologist who also serves Maine’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The report was issued by both the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and Office of the Attorney General.
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The Bangor Daily News, Centralmaine.com, The Irregular and Morning Ag Clips advanced an April webinar series presented by the Maine Climate & Ag Network at the University of Maine (MECAN). The three-part series will run from noon–1 p.m. on Zoom April 6, 15 and 29, covering the topics of soil health, and pasture and farm water management in relation to […]
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Although gathering in the Augusta Civic Center is not an option for this year’s Maine Sustainability & Water Conference, the event will go on as a virtual gathering to be held on March 31 and April 1. Maulian Dana, Penobscot Nation Tribal Ambassador, will deliver the keynote address: “Connection, Not Ownership: The Sacred Relationship Between […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that Peter Abbott, the British consul general to New England, is “keen to share expertise” about floating offshore wind with Habib Dagher, director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine. Abbott is conducting a virtual trade mission to Maine this week, which includes meeting with […]
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Science Daily, Stuff, Eurasia Review, The Earth Institute, Phys.org and Futura reported that a study led by George Denton, Libra Professor in the University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences, and Aaron Putnam, assistant professor, suggests that ice age climate change may be driven by the westerly winds of the Southern Hemisphere which […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk by David Reidmiller, director of the Climate Center at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI), about how global climate action can be applied here in Maine 3–4 p.m. on Monday, March 22. Reidmiller has extensive national […]
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The origins of ice age climate changes may lie in the Southern Hemisphere, where interactions among the westerly wind system, the Southern Ocean and the tropical Pacific can trigger rapid, global changes in atmospheric temperature, according to an international research team led by the University of Maine. The mechanism, dubbed the Zealandia Switch, relates to […]
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The Bangor Daily News advanced a talk about localizing climate action hosted by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solution 3–4 p.m. on March 22. To register and receive connection information, please see the event webpage.
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Kristin Schild, a research assistant professor with the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, will share her research with the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) at 1 p.m. March 11. Schild will present “Icebergs in Flux: Diving Beneath the Tip of the Iceberg,” to the IARPC’s Glaciers & Sea-Level and Physical Oceanography team who […]
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