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Why Climate Change matters to your security, health & wealth We are in the midst of many serious challenges today: COVID-19, inequality, geopolitical unrest, economic crisis, and climate change which on its own and interacting with the others poses both immediate and long-term threats to our security, health, and wealth. Contributing editors Charles Norchi and […]

The Bangor Daily News reported that Ivan Fernandez, a University of Maine professor of soil science and forest resources, and Ellen Mallory, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor of sustainable agriculture, joined a panel of experts who answered questions from the public about the impact of climate change on Maine’s farms and forests.

The University of Maine McGillicuddy Humanities Center (MHC) will host a discussion focused on effectively communicating the impact of climate change 7:30–8:30 p.m. Nov 17. Part of the MHC’s 2020-2021 Symposium on “The Story of Climate Change,” this event brings together professionals in varied disciplines who seek to effectively communicate the impact of climate change […]

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) ranked the University of Maine among the top performing higher education institutions for sustainability. The organization uses its Sustainable Campus Index to recognize colleges and universities that excel in 17 impact areas, including air and climate, curriculum, food and dining, energy, research, waste and […]

ELSEVIER – Quaternary Science Reviews 250 (2020) 106677   ABSTRACT The pattern, timing, and origin of Southern Hemisphere climate change during the last glaciation remains a pressing problem, with implications for the role of orbital forcing in ice-age cycles. Here, we present geomorphological and cosmogenic exposure age data from East Falkland in the South Atlantic […]

Loyal Benefactors, Dan ’63 and Betty Churchill, Announce $6.5 Million Bequest Expectancy at University of Maine Foundation Event At a recent University of Maine Foundation virtual Homecoming event, University of Maine benefactors Dan ’63 and Betty Churchill shared their intentions to make estate gifts estimated at up to $6.5 million to benefit the University of […]

The Analytical Explorer Sitting Down With… Paul Mayewski, Director of the Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, US Lauren Robertson | 11/02/2020 | Back in June, we spoke to Paul Mayewski about his most recent Colle Gnifetti project studying 4,000 years of European climate history. This time, we sat down with him to learn more […]

  This event, part of the MHC’s 2020-2021 Symposium on “The Story of Climate Change” brings together people from different professional fields tasked with communicating the impact of climate change to the public. The panel (which will be remote, via Zoom) features a veteran reporter, scientists working with Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (DIFW), and is moderated by Dr. Katherine Glover from the […]