Climate Change Institute

Billions of people rely on glaciers for drinking water, hydropower and irrigation. A raft of new research suggests there is less ice left than previously thought. Read in NPR: https://apple.news/An6Wvt5MbR8GK5h32kJB1vw February 8, 20226:34 PM ET Quelccaya glacier in Peru, photographed in 2015. Glaciers in the Andes mountains contain significantly less water than previously thought, according […]

Orono, Maine — An all-student cast of seven will present the University of Maine School of Performing Arts Division of Theatre and Dance production of “Terra Nova” by Ted Tally, opening Feb. 11 in Hauck Auditorium at the University of Maine.   Directed by UMaine theatre instructor Julie Arnold Lisnet, “Terra Nova” is adapted from […]

The Maine Science Festival is scheduled for March 16-20, 2022.  As part of the Festival, Grammy-award winning composer, Lucas Richman composed a symphonic piece focused on climate change titled THE WARMING SEA which will be performed by the Bangor Symphony Orchestra on March 19 at the Collins Center for the Arts.  Preceding the symphony, three […]

The Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP) is having its 75th anniversary this year!  JIRP is an education and research program with academics run through the School of Earth & Climate Sciences and significant science support provided by the Climate Change Institute.  As part of JIRP’s celebration year, the program is holding a virtual event on February […]

Orono, Maine — Melting and sublimation on Mount Everest’s highest glacier due to human-induced climate change have reached the point that several decades of accumulation are being lost annually now that ice has been exposed, according to a University of Maine-led international research team that analyzed data from the world’s highest ice core and highest […]

Black Point Group featured Bonnie Newsom, an assistant professor of anthropology and a faculty associate with the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, and her research in Acadia National Park. She has been leading an effort to reanalyze archaeological collections from Wabanaki cultural sites in the park to create a framework for retelling […]

The Darien Times and Fairfield Citizen highlighted a lecture by Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, titled “The Arctic, New England and the First Abrupt Climate Change Event in the Modern Era.” The Darien Community Association hosted the talk as part of its Academic Lecture Series.  

pressherald.com/2022/01/03/winter-in-maine-gets-off-to-a-slow-start/   It’s January, but the outdoor ice rink on Portland’s Ludlow Street has had more open water than ice so far this winter. During a lull in the weekend rain, kids sliding on the Eastern Prom steered down a hill of wet snow, grass and mud. Dog walkers on sidewalks exercised their pets in […]

The Maine Science Podcast featured Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, on its latest episode. In the episode, Birkel discusses his work, which includes creating and managing the Climate Reanalyzer and supporting The Warming Sea project, and his passion for science. The podcast, a […]