Bradfield Lyon, an associate research professor in climate analysis at the University of Maine, spoke with National Geographic for the article, “The dangers of dzud, Mongolia’s lethal winters.” For the second time this decade, extreme winter conditions on the Mongolian steppe caused extensive die-offs of animals that traditional herding communities rely on for their survival, […]
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Research from the University of Maine was mentioned in the Bangor Daily News editorial, “Look ahead to the vulnerability of Maine’s coast.” The sea off Maine’s coast is rising at a rate of about 1.9 millimeters per year, far faster than any time in the past 5,000 years, according to UMaine’s “Maine’s Climate Future: 2015 […]
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The Thwaites Glacier in remote West Antarctica is losing 50 billion tons of ice a year and polar scientists say it could collapse within decades. The resulting rapid sea-level rise would increase vulnerability for 40 percent of the world’s population — approximately 3 billion people — living within 60 miles of the coast. So reducing […]
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Irish World, Irish Mirror, The Irish Times and Siliconrepublic.com reported on a recent study by a team of researchers from NUI Galway and the University of Maine, which suggests the physical impact of abrupt climate change in Ireland, Britain and maritime Europe may be markedly different to what was once thought. In a paper published […]
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The Free Press and the Penobscot Times reported University of Maine faculty and graduate students will present findings from wide-ranging research at the 26th annual Harold W. Borns Jr. Symposium that sheds light on how climate change affects Maine and its residents. The free, public event will be held at Wells Conference Center from noon […]
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More than 1,300 undergraduate and graduate students presented their work during the third annual University of Maine Student Symposium held at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor on April 17. The free public event, which was organized by UMaine Graduate Student Government and the Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) as part of Maine Impact Week, […]
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University of Maine faculty and graduate students will present wide-ranging research at the 26th annual Harold W. Borns Jr. Symposium that sheds light on how climate change affects the state and its residents. Topics of the emerging climate change studies include whether a temperature-related increase in toxic algal blooms could increase the prevalence of a […]
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University of Maine oceanography professors David Townsend and Andrew Thomas were quoted in a Portland Press Herald article titled, “Deep current of record-breaking warm water causes concerns for the Gulf of Maine.” Canadian scientists have measured record-breaking temperatures in the deep water flowing into the Gulf of Maine, prompting concerns about effects on marine life, […]
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In an article on the challenges surrounding Maine’s beech tree population, Down East magazine cited a paper by University of Maine researchers Arun Bose and Aaron Weiskittel, with Purdue University colleague Robert Wagner. The paper, published in The Journal of Applied Ecology, showed a population explosion of beech trees in the state over the past […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece by John Tjepkema, professor emeritus in the School of Biology and Ecology at the University of Maine. Tjepkema’s article is titled “It’s critical that we reduce our carbon footprints to slow our changing climate.”
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