Climate Change

Video of Maine Climate Council kickoff meeting available

The kickoff meeting of the Maine Climate Council was Sept. 26 in Hallowell. A video of the meeting is online. It includes presentations by Ivan Fernandez, UMaine professor of soil science and Distinguished Maine Professor in the School of Forest Resources, Climate Change Institute, and School of Food and Agriculture, and other members of the council, […]

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Beal calls invasive Asian shore crabs a ‘ticking time bomb’  

Brian Beal, professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine Machias, told the Bangor Daily News that invasive Asian shore crabs are probably a “ticking time bomb.” Beal was interviewed after Acadia National Park officials said a molted shell of an Asian shore crab was found Sept. 19 along the shore near Schoodic Point. […]

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Maine Public interviews Fernandez after Maine Climate Council meeting

Maine Public talked with Ivan Fernandez after the first meeting of the Maine Climate Council on Thursday. Fernandez, a University of Maine soil and forest scientist, said work on climate change is resuming at the state level. “Some faces here that I haven’t seen in about eight years,” Fernandez said. “We can continue our work.” […]

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Gill discusses permafrost caves, harrowing medical experience on 207  

University of Maine paleoecologist Jacquelyn Gill talked about her experiences exploring a permafrost cave in Siberia, as well as her medical scare there, with Rob Caldwell on News Center Maine’s 207. Gill was in Siberia in September 2018 to film “Lost Beasts of the Ice Age” for the Science Channel. She and other leading scientists […]

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Kreutz attends UArctic meeting in Sweden

Karl Kreutz, professor in the Climate Change Institute and the School of Earth and Climate Sciences, attended the annual meeting of the University of the Arctic (UArctic) in Stockholm, Sweden from Sept. 18–20. The University of Maine Climate Change Institute is a member of UArctic — a cooperative network of universities, colleges, research institutes and […]

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CCI researchers to be featured in ‘Bangor Daily Brews’ conversation 

Researchers with the University of Maine Climate Change Institute will take part in a sold-out conversation Sept. 24 hosted by the Bangor Daily News.  Maine’s upcoming bicentennial has the BDN editorial board thinking about how the state’s climate has changed in the past 200 years, and what the next 200 years could look like, according […]

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BDN editorial mentions conversation with CCI researchers

The Bangor Daily News previewed a talk with University of Maine researchers in the editorial, “A focus on climate change is welcome, but now it’s time for action.” Climate change — and the need for action to combat it — will be a particular focus for the next week, the editorial states. While bringing attention […]

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Sun Journal quotes Birkel in report on local effects of climate crisis

The Sun Journal quoted Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and a research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, in the article “The climate crisis hits home in Central and Western Maine.” One visible effect of climate change in Maine is that ticks are becoming more common. Birkel said deer ticks have […]

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