Climate Change

Environmental News Network, ScienceDaily report on UMaine-led abrupt climate change response study

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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If you missed these achievements the first time, here’s a recap

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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Team including UMaine researchers install Mount Everest weather station, media report

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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Peter Strand taking a sample from a rock outcrop next to the Khumbu Icefall above Everest Base Camp

UMaine researchers take part in National Geographic, Rolex Expedition to Mt. Everest

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 talks with Gill, Sandweiss about surviving climate crisis

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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Climate Reanalyzer cited in article by The Buffalo News

The Buffalo News cited the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer in the article “It’s a lock: A warm, sunny, dry weekend is heading our way.” In addition to discussing the upcoming weather for the Buffalo-Niagara Falls area, the article reported the Arctic Ocean will continue this month to experience record warm temperatures […]

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Seacoast Online previews climate change lecture by Gill

Seacoast Online previewed a lecture by Jacquelyn Gill, an assistant professor of paleoecology and plant ecology at the University of Maine, titled “Of Mice and Mammoths: Ice Age Perspectives on Climate Change, Extinction, and Resilience.” Gill’s lecture will be at 6 p.m. in the Mather Auditorium at the Wells Reserve, and is part of the […]

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