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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Vice cited University of Maine scientists Jacquelyn Gill and Dan Sandweiss in its article “Actually Humans Probably Will Survive the Climate Crisis.” Vice referenced a March tweet by Gill: “With the fossil record, the Earth is literally teaching us how to get through this. That makes me want to roll up my sleeves.” The paleoecologist […]
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Boothbay Register published a Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust news release about Maine Midden Minders, a new initiative working with individuals and conservation groups to develop a database of erosion conditions at shell middens around the state. Based at the University of Maine and funded by Maine Sea Grant, Midden Minders is managed by geoarchaeologist Alice […]
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