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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 […]

The Associated Press reported that the University of Maine will receive $1 million in federal funding to establish the Maine Climate Science Information Exchange, a new coordination hub that will share research and support the Maine Climate Action Plan. U.S. News & World Report, The Titusville Herald, The Telegraph, the New Canaan Advertiser, the Herald […]

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/03/15/north-pole-melting-arctic-climate/   A record-breaking “bomb cyclone” that began its development over the U.S. East Coast on Friday is bringing an exceptional insurgence of mild air to the Arctic. Temperatures around 50 degrees (28 Celsius) above normal could visit the North Pole on Wednesday, climbing to near the freezing mark. It’s a highly unusual and […]

Nicholas Micinski, Libra Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the University of Maine, wrote an article for the Washington Post about the European Union granting Ukrainian refugees temporary protection in a departure from their response to past migrant crises. Micinski wrote, “The Ukraine crisis shows that the E.U. can and does cooperate […]

President Ferrini-Mundy is joined by former UMaine professor George Jacobson, center, and Maine State Chamber of Commerce President Dana Connors in accepting the congratulations of the Maine Legislature on UMaine’s attainment of an R1 top-tier research university classification. Legislature’s Joint Resolution commends UMaine’s R1 designation March 10, 2022 In a Joint Resolution March 9, the […]

Graduate students Matt Faragher and Vendy Hazukova take a water sample from Jordan Pond. Photo by Credit C. Schmitt/Schoodic Institute Acadia National Park is known for its beautiful lakes — and they can tell scientists a lot about the health of the environment. New research shows that regulations to reduce human-caused sulfur in the atmosphere […]