The Ellsworth American reported on an upcoming conference at George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill. The Reversing Falls Sanctuary Climate Action Group in Brooksville and Robert Shetterly’s “Americans Who Tell the Truth” project will host the 2019 Climate Convergence Conference 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. July 20. A central theme of the conference is to advocate for […]
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Tweets by Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist and climate scientist at the University of Maine, were included in the Daily Mail article, “Scientists awaken 41,000-year-old worms from Siberian permafrost (or did they?): Debate rages over ‘unheard of’ findings described in recent study.” A team of microbiologists announced last year that they had resurrected nematodes that had […]
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Alice Kelley, an instructor in the University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences and research associate professor in the Climate Change Institute, contributed to a report by the International Council on Monuments and Sites, or ICOMOS. “The Future of Our Pasts: Engaging Cultural Heritage in Climate Action,” was released by ICOMOS on July […]
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Bloomberg Environment quoted Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist and climate scientist at the University of Maine, in the article, “Alaska budget cuts could hurt Arctic, environmental research.” The University of Alaska’s Arctic research faces an uncertain future as it waits for the final word on a possible $135 million cut to state funding for this fiscal […]
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Environmental News Network and ScienceDaily published a University of Maine news release about a recent study that found new evidence that Arctic ecosystems undergo rapid, strong and pervasive environmental changes in response to climate shifts. Links between abrupt climate change and environmental response have long been considered delayed or dampened by internal ecosystem dynamics, or only […]
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During the first six months of 2019, University of Maine faculty and students have contributed to knowledge and solutions — locally and worldwide. Here’s a review of some highlights, including dog biscuits made of green crabs and a comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Everest. January Food science majors to engage in active learning to prepare […]
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The Maine Edge and Island Institute’s The Working Waterfront published a University of Maine news release about a new five-year study that will focus on Gulf of Maine temperature trends and variability during the past 11,000 years. The study, led by Katherine Allen, a UMaine assistant professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences […]
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New evidence shows that Arctic ecosystems undergo rapid, strong and pervasive environmental changes in response to climate shifts, even those of moderate magnitude, according to an international research team led by the University of Maine. Links between abrupt climate change and environmental response have long been considered delayed or dampened by internal ecosystem dynamics, or […]
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National Geographic, The Weather Channel, Fox News, Hindustan Times and Science Alert reported on the installation of the world’s highest weather station in Mount Everest’s “death zone.” An international team of scientists, including six from the University of Maine, and mountain climbers joined National Geographic to install the two highest weather stations in the world, […]
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An international team of scientists, climbers and storytellers, led by the National Geographic Society and Tribhuvan University, and supported in partnership with Rolex, conducted a scientific expedition to Mount Everest, believed to be the most comprehensive single scientific expedition to the mountain in history. The multidisciplinary team installed the two highest weather stations in the […]
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