The Sun Journal reported University of Maine graduate students Peter Strand and Laura Mattas gave a presentation about their experiences on the National Geographic and Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Extreme Expedition to Mount Everest at Bruce M. Whittier Middle School in Poland, Maine. Strand, a Ph.D. candidate at the Climate Change Institute, and Mattas, a master’s […]
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Jasmine Saros has been named a Fellow of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology & Oceanography (ASLO). ASLO Fellows are recognized as having achieved excellence in their contributions to the association and to aquatic sciences. Saros is a professor of paleolimnology and lake ecology with the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology […]
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WVII (Channel 7) interviewed Andrei Kurbatov, an associate professor in the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, about research on 2 million-year-old ice cores from Antarctica. The research, led by Princeton University, involved expeditions of students and other researchers to Allan Hills in Antarctica to drill for the ice cores. On campus, students […]
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Three University of Maine Climate Change Institute scientists are part of a Princeton University-led team that analyzed 2 million-year-old ice cores from Antarctica to provide the first direct observations of Earth’s climate when furred early ancestors of modern humans still roamed. CCI associate professor Andrei Kurbatov, director Paul Mayewski, and doctoral student Heather Clifford participated […]
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Stock Daily Dish mentioned the University of Maine Climate Change Institute Climate Reanalyzer in a story about a cold snap in the Midwest that prompted the closing of dozens of schools Friday, Nov. 22. Cold weather advisories were in effect from North Dakota to Ohio, with cold wind chills that could dip to as low […]
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Rachel Fowler More than 3.5 million people took in spectacular views last year at Acadia National Park — including from atop Cadillac Mountain and at Thunder Hole. Rachel Fowler appreciates the view at Jordan Pond. The University of Maine research scientist calls the lake, which supplies drinking water to residents in the village of Seal […]
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National Geographic quoted Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute and Distinguished Maine Professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences at the University of Maine, in the article “What happens when the roof of the world melts?” Mayewski also was the leader of the 2019 National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Extreme […]
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UMaine Launches Initiative To Help Mainers Understand How State Is Affected By Arctic Climate By Jennifer Mitchell • Nov 17, 2019 ShareTweetEmail The primary questions MOSAiC is asking: what are the causes and consequences of diminishing Arctic sea ice? Ravenna Koenig / NPR The University of Maine is launching an initiative designed to help Mainers […]
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ORONO – On a frigid day like Thursday, it seemed fitting that educators and researchers at UMaine spent the afternoon talking about the Arctic. An event Thursday from 4:00-6:00 p.m. helped kickoff a new program at the university called UMaine Arctic. It’s a collaboration between students, educators and scientists who are looking to understand more […]
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David Goldman | AP In this July 23, 2017, file photo the midnight sun shines across sea ice along the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The University of Maine is launching an initiative designed to help Mainers better understand how the state is affected by Arctic climate. Called “UMaine Arctic,” the project explores […]
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