The Christian Science Monitor interviewed Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, for a story on the increase in Arctic Ocean shipping and the economic opportunities it presents for Maine. Rising temperatures in the Arctic, due to climate change, have led to a steady loss of summer sea ice, making waters […]
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Dana Morse, a researcher with the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, Maine Sea Grant and UMaine Cooperative Extension, gave a gentle warning to Portland Press Herald readers, looking to serve large, succulent Maine oysters at their New Year’s parties. “By and large, the larger the oyster you get, the stronger they’re going to be […]
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The University of Maine Center on Aging was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News article on New Year’s resolutions for older adults. According to the article, many groups hope Maine baby boomers and seniors will consider volunteering for a worthy cause in 2017. The UMaine Center on Aging’s Encore Leadership program provides training and support […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Christian Science Monitor article, “Do new 2017 state laws hint at momentum for federal changes as well?” As of Jan. 1, several new state laws are now in effect, including new regulations involving marijuana, minimum wage and gun control, according […]
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United Press International wrote about University of Maine economist Timothy Waring’s work to develop a theory of sustainability, including which combination of sociopolitical factors and institutions are most likely to encourage sustainable resource management. Cooperation within social groups may be key, Waring says. “We found that sustainable use of resources emerged more when societies were […]
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Alaska Dispatch News posted a map from the Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer website in an article about a deep freeze predicted to descend on North America, Europe and Asia due to record-high temperatures across the Arctic. “Think of it like a seesaw,” said Matt Rogers, president of Commodity Weather Group in Bethesda, Maryland. When […]
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Research by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine was cited in a WGME story about five drug overdoses, one of which was fatal, in a four-span Tuesday, Dec. 27 in Presque Isle. WGME reported that a county-by-county analysis through 2014 by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center indicated Aroostook County […]
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The Bangor Daily News penned a feature on Shawn Laatsch, director of the Emera Maine Astronomy Center and Jordan Planetarium. In January, Laatsch will become president of the International Planetarium Society, a coalition of planetarium directors, educators and employees with more than 700 members from 35 nations. As president, he’ll deliver lectures in Italy and […]
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A CBS News 2016 review piece about the warming of the planet, including the dramatic transformation in the Arctic, quoted the director of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute “For the people in the Arctic, no one has to tell them an abrupt climate change has hit,” Paul Mayewski said in a recent interview […]
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Jill Pelto’s watercolor “Decline in Glacier Mass Balance” is the cover art for the Mainebiz 2017 Book of Lists, published Dec. 26. Pelto is a graduate student in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences at the University of Maine, where she graduated in December 2015 with bachelor degrees in studio art and Earth science. […]
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