Climate Change Institute

The Bangor Daily News spoke to Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and assistant professor with a joint appointment in University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the UMaine Climate Change Institute, and David Handley, vegetable and small fruit specialist at Extension, about how a volcanic eruption in Tonga 18 months ago is impacting Maine growing seasons. […]

The Associated Press cited the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer in reporting how Tuesday, Aug. 8 was the first day since July 2 in which the global average temperature fell below the record-breaking 16.92 degrees Celsius. According to AP, that means “that Earth just spent 36 days straight above the previous hottest […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has granted $1.5 million to the University of Maine and collaborators to carry out a series of programs that will educate and aid farmers in climate adaptation and mitigation. Agricultural producers anticipate an onslaught of challenges due to climate change, such as increases in flooding, drought, pest and disease […]

In an article about Antarctica’s rapidly melting ice, Newsweek cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer from July 19 showing that there is almost 2 million square kilometers (about 772,000 square miles) less sea ice in Antarctica compared to the same point last year. Salon cited the Newsweek report.

The Associated Press, Politico, The Economist and Carbon Brief cited calculations from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer about July 2023 heat waves. The Climate Reanalyzer data show that the global average temperature has been hotter in 22 of the first 24 days of July than on any other single day recorded. Spectrum […]

In an article about the rise in extreme weather due to climate change, The Guardian cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer showing an increase in average global temperature and sea surface temperatures.

USA Today featured Paul Mayewski, professor and director of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, and Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and assistant professor with a joint appointment in University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the UMaine Climate Change Institute, about data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer showing that […]

With smoke from wildfires across North America now blowing into Maine, a University of Maine researcher has tips on how to protect home air quality from the incoming haze. Smoke particles are light enough to linger in the air for hours or days, which is how they can travel to Maine even if they ignite […]

The Associated Press cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer in a report about record global temperatures in June. The Los Angeles Times, the Connecticut Insider, The National Desk, Southern Minnesota News, The Manchester Times, Yeshiva World, AM NY, WTGS (Fox 28 in Savannah, Georgia) and other outlets shared the […]

The Associated Press and PBS NewsHour cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer in a report about record high temperatures in California’s Death Valley. The Seattle Times, Spectrum News NY 1, The Independent Tribune (Concord, North Carolina), The Daily Courier (Prescott, Arizona) and other outlets shared the AP report.