Climate Change Institute

Yale Climate Connections published an article on Jill Pelto, a graduate student in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences at the University of Maine. Pelto creates environmental artwork as a way to communicate scientific data related to climate change. Pelto grew up immersed in nature and always loved to make art, according to the […]

Jacquelyn Gill, a professor of paleoecology at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on the syndicated weekly Radio Ecoshock Show. The episode, “Welcome to the dark new climate,” focused on how creatures fell into extinction during abrupt climate shifts, sometimes within a single human lifetime. Gill said abrupt climate change hit species before […]

Jessica Scheick, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, was invited to give the keynote address at the 2016 Maine Robotics EXPO and First Lego League State Championships opening ceremony in Augusta on Dec. 10. During her opening remarks, Scheick, speaking […]

Medill News Service reported on the 2016 Comer Abrupt Climate Change Conference in Chicago, where Aaron Putnam, an assistant professor of Earth sciences with the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, gave a presentation on his research in Mongolia’s Altai Mountains. Putnam and a team of researchers spent six weeks collecting boulder samples in the […]

Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist at the University of Maine, spoke with The Christian Science Monitor for a report about how drought has killed many young Christmas trees on farms across New England. As a result, tree farmers are adapting the varieties they grow and some are considering investments in drip irrigation systems, according to the […]

Dulcinea Groff, a Ph.D. candidate with the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, spoke with Utah Public Radio for a story about researchers  using crowdfunding to raise money to support their work. “Two years ago we started a campaign on the same platform — experiment.com — and we raised about $11,000, in a month,” Groff […]

University of Maine paleoecologist and plant ecologist Jacquelyn Gill told Business Insider that NASA data on Earth’s climate provides a critical baseline of comparison, as she and other researchers study climate change over millions of years. Last month, Bob Walker, an adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, told The Guardian newspaper that the incoming administration was […]

The Sierra Sun Times of Mariposa, California published a press release from the University of California at Merced, citing a paleontological research project that includes work by Jacquelyn Gill. Gill is an assistant professor of paleoecology and plant ecology with the University of Maine’s School of Biology and Ecology and Climate Change Institute. The project, […]

Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. Mayewski spoke about the latest research findings from the Arctic, his insights about the pace and impact of climate change, and the death of fellow climate scientist and UMaine professor Gordon Hamilton.

A video tribute in memory of University of Maine Professor Gordon Hamilton, featuring photos and excerpts from remarks made at his private service Nov. 3. Dr. Hamilton, a University of Maine faculty member in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences, and a researcher with the Climate Change Institute, died in a field accident 10 […]