The Wiscasset Newspaper noted that Ivan Fernandez, a professor of soil science and forest resources and cooperating professor in the Climate Change Institute, will guest speak at the Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District’s first Virtual Awards Banquet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10. Fernandez will offer a talk called “Climate Change in Maine and […]
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The National Center for Science Education has named Jacquelyn Gill a 2020 Friend of the Planet. Gill is an associate professor of paleoecology and plant ecology at the University of Maine and cohost of the “Warm Regards” podcast. She studies past ecosystems, including the impacts of climate change and extinction, and the geographical distribution of […]
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Jacquelyn Gill, University of Maine associate professor of paleoecology, joined a WNPR (Connecticut Public Radio) discussion of how thawing permafrost could exacerbate climate change by releasing carbon currently sequestered in frozen organic matter.
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Centralmaine.com promoted “The Land-Sea Conjunction Junction … What’s the Function? Connecting Coastal Places, People and Science,” scheduled for 3 p.m. Oct. 19. University of Maine faculty Lauren Ross, assistant professor of hydraulics and water resources engineering, and Sean Smith, associate professor of watershed modeling, will discuss the progress made by scientists and stakeholders to provide […]
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The Bangor Daily News will host the third of four Climate Conversations at 4 p.m. Oct. 15. This event, “Snow Business: What do Shorter, Milder Winters Mean for the Outdoor Industry?” will feature Sean Birkel, University of Maine research assistant professor with the Climate Change Institute, Jessica Leahy, professor of human dimensions of natural resources […]
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Jacquelyn Gill, an associate professor of paleoecology and plant ecology at the University of Maine, spoke with Vogue India about climate grief, anxiety and despair associated with climate change and the natural disasters it fuels. To prevent succumbing to climate despair, Gill said she focuses on solutions, such as “leaning into sustainable ways of living […]
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The Harvard Gazette interviewed Alexander More, University of Maine assistant research professor with the Climate Change Institute, and Paul Mayewski, professor and director of the institute, about research using an ice core taken from a glacier in the European Alps that links climate conditions to mortality from the flu pandemic and World War I. “The […]
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Tora Johnson, who chairs the Division of Environmental and Biological Sciences at the University of Maine at Machias, spoke with The Maine Monitor about addressing equity issues in storm preparedness as climate change intensifies storms and flooding. Johnson, also director of the Geographic Information Systems Laboratory and Service Center and associate professor of GIS at […]
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Developing tools to help farmers adapt to climate change will be the focus of a free virtual presentation hosted by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine 3–4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5. Researchers from University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Climate Change Institute at UMaine are working […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Sean Birkel, a research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, about whether the changing climate has caused an increase in storm frequency in Maine, as warming oceans are imbuing the atmosphere with more moisture. Birkel said while climate change could be the culprit, the question is […]
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