Climate Change Institute

Reuters interviewed 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 winter ticks that have thrived in Maine’s warmer winters and last year killed 90% of the state’s moose calves. Birkel explained that the warming climate has shortened the […]

The Scientist spoke with Jacquelyn Gill, who won one of 24 inaugural Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communication from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recognizing efforts to communicate scientific issues to the general public. “As someone who is publicly funded and at a public institution, I feel very […]

Paul Mayewski, director and professor of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, spoke to Scientific American about the disrepair of the Pyramid International Laboratory/Observatory, one of the world’s oldest and most prolific high-altitude research facilities, which is located near the Mount Everest base camp in Nepal. Mayewski said that the research station […]

The University of Maine will partner with regional institutions to study climate change resilience of mobile home parks in the Northeast, thanks to funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA). The NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnerships program, formerly the Regional Integrated Science and Assessments (RISA) program, awarded more than $79,000 to Sean Birkel, Maine […]

Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine Climate Institute, will deliver the 2022 Judge Frank M. Coffin Lecture on Law and Public Service hosted by the University of Maine School of Law at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27 at Hannaford Hall on the University of Southern Maine’s Portland campus. Mayewski’s talk, titled “Climate Perspective […]

A University of Maine-led delegation of students and faculty will witness world leaders, diplomats and experts negotiate global policies to address climate change at a United Nations summit from Nov. 7–18 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. By attending the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27), graduate students and […]

  CCI is saddened to announce the passing of Betty Churchill – a dear friend of CCI. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/washington-dc/betty-churchill-10972010

University of Maine paleoecologist Jacquelyn Gill is one of the inaugural recipients of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communication from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The awards recognize researchers and science journalists “who have developed creative, original work that addresses issues and advances in science, engineering and/or […]

Insect herbivores have caused more damage to plant matter from leaves in recent history than millions of years ago, according to a new study led by a University of Maine postdoctoral researcher. Despite global insect decline and biodiversity loss fueled by human activity, the frequency of leaf damage by insects among forest plants in recent […]

Daniel Sandweiss, professor of anthropology at the University of Maine, spoke to the New York Times about the impact of looting and development on archaeological sites in coastal Peru. “It’s a victory every time archaeologists can recover something responsibly and put it into the record. Peru has the most fascinating pre-European records of any place […]