Jacquelyn Gill, associate professor of paleoecology and plant ecology with the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology and Climate Change Institute, spoke to Fast Company about how Maine got more than 100,000 residents to install heat pumps. Gill told Fast Company that this year’s muggy, hot summer convinced her to install a heat […]
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Maine Public featured Jacquelyn Gill, associate professor of paleoecology and plant ecology with the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology and Climate Change Institute, and Gregory Zaro, associate professor at the UMaine Department of Anthropology and Climate Change Institute, as panelists on the show ‘Maine Calling’ for a segment about the Anthropocene, the […]
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The Associated Press and The Independent cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer in reporting about how 2023 was the hottest summer on record. The Portland Press Herald, Spectrum News NY 1 (New York), Union-Bulletin (Walla Walla, Washington), Traverse City Record-Eagle (Traverse City, Michigan), The Register Citizen (Torrington, Connecticut), Dayton […]
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In reporting about the sea animals most impacted by U.S. heat waves, Newsweek cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer showing that since mid-March, the average sea surface temperature worldwide has been higher than it has ever been since accurate satellite temperature records began in 1981.
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk, “Vacationland or Climate Migrationland?” with speaker Vanessa Levesque, assistant professor at the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of Southern Maine, at 3 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 11. This talk will explore the concept […]
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The Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded $1,504,063 to a University of Maine project quantifying snowpack properties in the Arctic led by School of Earth and Climate Sciences faculty members Chris Gerbi and Seth Campbell, who also is affiliated with the Climate Change Institute. Characterizing and predicting the characteristics of snow-covered regions is a critical […]
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In reporting about a deadly summer heat wave that continued to break temperature records this week throughout the South, Southwest and Midwest, Forbes cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer showing that July 4 was the planet’s hottest day in nearly 125,000 years, at 62.92 degrees.
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The Washington Post spoke to Jessica Leahy, professor of human dimensions of natural resources at the University of Maine, about “shifting baselines,” the new normal of ecosystems as the environment is degraded over generations. Speaking of the 600 acres of forest Leahy manages, she said, “The ground isn’t freezing in the winter, the mud season […]
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In an article about Hurricane Idalia intensifying in warm Gulf of Mexico waters, The Conversation cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer about global ocean temperatures.
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In an article about how the insular world of academia can prevent community-focused research, The Chronicle of Higher Education spoke to David Hart, director of the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and professor of biological sciences, and Linda Silka, senior fellow at the Mitchell Center. When Hart and Silka […]
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