The Associated Press and The Independent cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer in reporting about how 2023 was the hottest summer on record. The Portland Press Herald, Spectrum News NY 1 (New York), Union-Bulletin (Walla Walla, Washington), Traverse City Record-Eagle (Traverse City, Michigan), The Register Citizen (Torrington, Connecticut), Dayton […]
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In reporting about the sea animals most impacted by U.S. heat waves, Newsweek cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer showing that since mid-March, the average sea surface temperature worldwide has been higher than it has ever been since accurate satellite temperature records began in 1981.
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Student researchers Cindy Bellavance and Oluwadamilola Kolawole are transforming DNA testing strategies. Through a grant from the Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR), the rising University of Maine seniors are testing technologies that will increase the speed and precision with which researchers test for genetic markers in the environment. Bellavance and Kolawole are working with loop […]
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The Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded $1,504,063 to a University of Maine project quantifying snowpack properties in the Arctic led by School of Earth and Climate Sciences faculty members Chris Gerbi and Seth Campbell, who also is affiliated with the Climate Change Institute. Characterizing and predicting the characteristics of snow-covered regions is a critical […]
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News Center Maine featured the upcoming PFAS Center for Excellence located at the University of Maine and its potential to lead the way nationally in PFAS solutions research. “What will be key is for us to hire a research leader with expertise in PFAS research and a vision of where this program would go in […]
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In reporting about a deadly summer heat wave that continued to break temperature records this week throughout the South, Southwest and Midwest, Forbes cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer showing that July 4 was the planet’s hottest day in nearly 125,000 years, at 62.92 degrees.
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The Bangor Daily News reported that University of Maine researchers Sharon Klein and Caroline Noblet, both associate professors of economics, were awarded $1.13 million from the Environmental Protection Agency to work with Wabanaki and rural low-income communities to develop and investigate the effectiveness of Local Energy Action Networks, or LEANs, in Maine. LEANs are networks […]
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In an article about Hurricane Idalia intensifying in warm Gulf of Mexico waters, The Conversation cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer about global ocean temperatures.
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In an article about how the insular world of academia can prevent community-focused research, The Chronicle of Higher Education spoke to David Hart, director of the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and professor of biological sciences, and Linda Silka, senior fellow at the Mitchell Center. When Hart and Silka […]
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In an article about the loss of emperor penguin chicks in parts of Antarctica, the Sydney Morning Herald featured visualizations from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer comparing sea ice extent in July 2014 to July of this year. The loss of the chicks coincides with record low sea ice coverage which […]
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