Climate Change Institute

The University of Maine Climate Change Institute and Division of Lifelong Learning will host its first UMaine Summer University program for preK-12 educators this summer. This program is designed for educators to learn more about climate change and, in particular, how to bring this important subject area into the classroom in meaningful ways for students. […]

The Associated Press interviewed Jacquelyn Gill, associate professor of paleoecology & plant ecology with the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology and Climate Change Institute, for an article about climate “doomism.” Gill told the AP that she has noticed fewer people telling her climate change isn’t real and more “doomers” who believe nothing […]

The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, in collaboration with the Maine Department of Education, will host the first University of Maine Educators Institute this summer. “Supporting Emotional and Behavioral Well-Being in School Communities: From Surviving to Thriving” will be a virtual event held June 22–23. This new UMaine Summer University program […]

The World Ocean Observatory (W2O) and Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI) announced today the launch of World Ocean Explorer DEEP SEA exhibit, creating a first-of-its-kind immersive virtual aquarium showcasing deep-sea discoveries. THE DEEP SEA is an educational, interactive online platform for ocean exploration and discovery, utilizing high-resolution video, models, and descriptive materials of newly discovered deep-sea […]

ABC News Australia noted research by Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, that found evidence of volcanic eruptions in the year 536 and also in the years that followed through analysis of Swiss ice cores. The article used this and other evidence to proclaim 536 the “worst year […]

The Independent cited data from the UMaine Climate Reanalyzer showing record high temperatures in Antarctica in an article about the Conger ice shelf in Antarctica collapsing and breaking off into an iceberg. According to the data, the Antarctic continent as a whole on Friday was 4.8C warmer than a baseline temperature between 1979 and 2000.

Tracking the types of ticks that plague Maine helps scientists predict which tick-borne pathogens might become a problem. New research shows that blacklegged ticks have been increasing in abundance in a Midcoast forest over the past 30 years — and bringing more Lyme disease with it. Blacklegged ticks infected with a certain bacteria are the […]

Changes in the Arctic affect Maine, despite them being separated by more than 1,000 miles. Several scientists from the University of Maine study these shifting conditions of the climate and environment in the region and their impacts. In 2018, the UMaine Arctic Initiative was formed to build on their work and enhance collaboration in the […]

News Center Maine reported that six scientists from the University of Maine who were on the 2019 National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition are releasing their findings from their ice research conducted there. The team’s goal was to determine whether the highest elevation point of Earth has been impacted by human activity. Mariusz […]

USA Today featured data from the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer in an article about North and South Pole warming. According to the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer, which is based on the U.S. National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration weather models, the Arctic as a whole was 6 degrees warmer than was normal from 1979–2000 this […]