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Fires in the Amazon Forest – Now This – A. More

Fires in the Amazon forest have raged in the summers of 2019 and 2020, as shown by global news coverage. Scientists as well as policymakers worldwide have become alarmed at the rate of deforestation. Dr. Alexander More was interviewed by Now This on the Amazon fires and he shows compelling evidence that the demand for Brazilian beef […]

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More talks with CNN about impact of climate change on pandemics

Patients lie in a US Army influenza ward in Aix-les-Baines, France, during World War I. Cable News Network (CNN) interviewed Alexander More, an associate professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, about using ice cores to illustrate the impact of climate conditions on the number of deaths during a pandemic. Using an Alpine […]

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WABI highlights forum on climate change

WABI (Channel 5) highlighted “A Climate Change Forum — Your chance to ask questions about climate change” webinar 6–7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28. Five University of Maine faculty members will address various aspects of climate change — including why it matters and how we respond to it, and the importance of messaging. After all of […]

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Dr. Nirav Shad, Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, special guest speaker for A. Putnam’s ERS 152 class

The 100 undergraduate students in ERS 152 — Earth’s Changing Climate, led by professor Aaron Putnam, Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences and a researcher in UMaine’s Climate Change Institute, had a special guest speaker in their Sept. 15 class. Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, joined the class […]

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