Climate Change Institute

WBUR interviewed Bonnie Newsom, University of Maine associate professor of anthropology, about the Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science (CBIKS) for a segment of the show “On Point.” The center, based at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, will conduct transdisciplinary, placed-based research projects that intertwine Native and Western knowledge systems in collaboration with Indigenous […]

Climate on Tap: Tales of UMaine’s Climate Change Institute Surviving Change: The Persistence of a 3,000-yr-old City OCT. 18, 2023 5:30 – 6:30 PM NOCTURNEM DRAFT HOUSE, 56 MAIN ST, BANGOR, ME   JOIN archaeologist Gregory Zaro as he peels back the urban layers of the ancient city of Zadar along Croatia’s Adriatic coast to […]

The Milwaukee Independent cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer indicating that the daily September temperatures were, “higher than what has been recorded before for this time of year.”

What is 10Green? 10Green is a website that provides U.S. air quality data visualization tools and information on human health impacts. The site features an interactive Air Quality Mapper, where users can explore county-level, annual air quality measures from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for data onward from 1980. These measures include the Air Quality […]

Maine Public reported on University of Maine faculty to devise new ways to tackle threats to their food supplies and the potential destruction of historically and culturally significant places through a new research center based at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. UMaine will serve as the Northeast hub for the new Center for Braiding Indigenous […]

  Discarded food is piling up in trash bins and landfills, causing harm to the environment, national global food security, and consumers’ wallets. In 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency estimated that each year, U.S. households trashed 26.5 million tons of food, or 338 pounds per person. That’s enough to feed 26.5 million people in a […]

CCI Director Paul Mayewski delivered the keynote address at the opening of the Explorers Club Climate Week 18 Sep. https://www.explorers.org/events/climateweek/

In a story about Hurricane Lee, Grist interviewed Sean Birkel about the rarity of hurricanes in Maine and New England and how climate change is influencing the occurrence of one in the region this year. “Given the record-high sea-surface temperatures in the North Atlantic, it is interesting that in this year we see a hurricane […]

In an article about the impact of warming seas on Cambodian crab fisherman, Reuters cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer noting that temperature spikes have become increasingly common in oceans along Cambodia’s coastline since 2010. WTVB (95.5 FM in Coldwater, Michigan) shared the Reuters report.

Indigenous communities worldwide are facing the effects of climate changes, threats to their food supplies and the potential destruction of historically and culturally significant places. Using Indigenous knowledge and Western science, University of Maine faculty will devise new ways to tackle these pressing issues through a new research center based at the University of Massachusetts […]