Climate Change Institute

Cindy Isenhour, associate professor of anthropology and climate change, spoke with Waste Dive about her research about reusable takeout containers. Isenhour worked with a graduate student to present a few possible models for reusable takeout containers to a group of 35 Maine hospitality, waste and environmental management stakeholders in fall 2021 as part of a […]

This year’s University of Maine Presidential Awards recognize outstanding achievement in teaching in Earth and climate sciences, research in the biophysics of flow-related biological and physiological functions in humans and animals, and impactful community engagement in nursing, particularly during the past two years of the pandemic. Karl Kreutz Karl Kreutz, director and professor of the […]

Four graduate students affiliated with CCI, Emma Erwin (PhD student), Scott Braddock (PhD candidate), Mikaila Mannello (MS student and CCI RA), and Jonathan Maurer (MS student) were each awarded a Maine Space Grant to conduct research in Alaska and Canada during the summer of 2022. Scott and Emma are working together in Denali National Park, […]

Aaron Putnam, associate professor, and George Denton, professor, both in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences, and the Climate Change Institute, collaborated with international scientists to write an article about the Zealandia Switch for The Conversation. Putnam, Denton and their collaborators are researching New Zealand’s climate history, and have postulated a new mechanism that […]

A University of Maine-led research study about prehistoric human activity in the Falkland Islands has been adapted into a kid-friendly format for use in classrooms by the organization Science Journal for Kids. Science Journal for Kids is a nonprofit based in Texas whose mission is to improve scientific literacy by adapting research papers for school […]

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 […]