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Nature Communications 2025 “Microbial life in one of the most extreme ecosystems on Earth: the Antarctic Plateau” by V. Parry et.al. includes CCI director P.A. Mayewski and Postdoc M. Potocki.

Microbial biogeography along a 2578 km transect on the East Antarctic Plateau Victor Parro, María Ángeles Lezcano, Mercedes Moreno-Paz, Alfonso F. Davila, Armando Azua-Bustos, Miriam García-Villadangos, Jacek Wierzchos, Miguel Ángel Fernández-Martínez, Ramón Larramendi, Hilo Moreno, Ignacio Oficialdegui, Manuel Olivera, Miguel Redondo-Nieto, Pedro Mustieles-del-Ser, Mariusz Potocki, Paul Andrew Mayewski, Sergi González-Herrero, Antonio Quesada Nature Communications volume 16, Article number: 775 […]

USA Today cites Climate Reanalyzer on air temperature increase

USA Today cited a data visualization from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute Climate Reanalyzer that showed how the temperature of air 6.5 feet above the sea surface has increased since 1979.

Kennebec Journal interviews Birkel on extreme weather in Maine

January 3, 2025 The Kennebec Journal interviewed Maine state climatologist Sean Birkel on how extreme weather patterns, such as the December 2023 flooding along the Kennebec River, will affect Maine in the future. Birkel said events like the flooding last December will get more severe with climate change. “We’re much more uncertain about the frequency […]

Press Herald reports on UMaine weather station network initiative – S. Birkel et al.

The Portland Press Herald reported on an initiative from the University of Maine to build a statewide automated weather station network. The effort will be supported by $3.5 million in Congressionally Directed Spending secured in the federal fiscal year 2024 budget by U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King. The project team includes Sean Birkel, […]

Forbes cites Climate Reanalyzer data visualization

Forbes cited a data visualization from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute Climate Reanalyzer that shows daily sea surface temperatures throughout 2024 in the area of the Atlantic Ocean where tropical cyclones typically form.

Vendy Hazukova standing on the staircase landing in Sawyer Env. Res. Bdlg.

Vendy Hazuková: Diving deep into Arctic lake ecology

June 7, 2024 Someone who knows how to smile in subzero weather, Vendy Hazuková’s grit in the field has defined her as a graduate student at the University of Maine. Much of her time learning was outside of the classroom collecting samples in the Arctic, which ultimately led to a postdoctoral position in Northern Europe […]

COP 29

Baku, Azerbaijan, November 11th – 22nd, 2024. Over the next two weeks, members of the University of Maine and Maine Law delegation will be following key negotiation streams including discussions linked to a new global goal for annual investments in climate policy, carbon trading mechanisms, adaptation for Indigenous communities, and operationalizing the loss and damage fund. […]

WFVX interviews Birkel on Maine’s current climate outlook

WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) interviewed Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist, on the drought affecting Maine. Birkel, assistant research professor with the Climate Change Institute and University of Maine Cooperative Extension, said the drought is beginning to affect ground moisture and water well supply, but isn’t yet considered severe. Upcoming precipitation could better prepare […]

Maine Law School and CCI’s Charles Norchi is honored by the Royal Asiatic Society for his journalism and human rights activities in Afghanistan

WGME interviews Campbell, Gerbi on federal grant for snowpack, meltwater research

WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) interviewed University of Maine associate professor of glaciology Seth Campbell and professor Chris Gerbi on a federal grant that will boost UMaine’s efforts to research snowpack and meltwater. Recent storms in Maine highlight the urgent need to understand climate change effects on the state’s water resources.

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