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Claude Lorius, a leading glaciologist whose expeditions helped prove that humans were responsible for global warming, has died at the age of 91. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65060965

In an article about President Joe Biden’s Ocean Climate Action Plan, USA Today cited information from the Climate Reanalyzer at the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine that shows sea surface temperatures in the global ocean reached a record high on March 16, averaging 69.8 degrees. MSN, the Spectrum (St. George, Utah), the […]

In an article about a new peak in global ocean temperatures, the Weather Network cited information from the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer showing that the North Atlantic contributes to this global ocean temperature anomaly.

By Scott Dance March 21, 2023 at 12:53 p.m. EDT Earth’s ocean temperatures have risen so fast in recent weeks that one indicator shows surface waters have already reached their highest temperatures on record — a worrisome sign ahead of a predicted El Niño climate pattern that could further accelerate planetary warming. Around mid-March, ocean-temperature […]

Courtesy of Seth Campbell March 16, 2023 The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Seth Campbell, associate professor at the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute, with $1,001,174 over two prestigious grants that will fund research about Alaska and Canada glacier change and connect hundreds of low-income high school students and first-generation […]

The Washington Post used data from the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer in an article about record temperatures in Greenland early this week, which were up to 50 degrees above normal in some places.

Photo by Melissa Mullen Saros named 2023 Fulbright Distinguished Arctic Scholar March 7, 2023 Jasmine Saros, professor of paleolimnology and lake ecology at the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology and the Climate Change Institute, has been named the 2023 Fulbright Distinguished Arctic Scholar, one of most prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholar […]

Trapped in the glacier of Quelccaya Ice Cap – the largest ice cap in the Peruvian Andes Mountains – is a historical timeline that tells the story of the region’s climate. Its past, and possibly, its future. For UW–Madison Space Science and Engineering Center’s Elliot Moravec, an engineer who is accustomed to working in the […]

Rick Eason, associate professor emeritus of electrical engineering at the University of Maine, was interviewed by Inside Edition about balloon hobbyists and a weather balloon experiment he conducted along with hobbyist John Garesche with seventh graders in Ohio. The interview is available on Inside Edition’s YouTube channel.