Climate Change Institute

Geologist Peter Strand collects rock samples near Everest Base Camp as part of the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition. To learn more: www.NatGeo.com/Everest.Photo by Brittany Mumma, National Geographic National Geographic continues legacy exploration by venturing to top of Everest with two bold originals June 18, 2020 Editor’s note: Six Climate Change Institute […]

National Geographic published a story about research connected to the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition. A group of scientists in labs spread across Europe, the U.S. and Nepal have been working on the mountain “remotely” — analyzing a trove of ice, snow, water and sediment samples they collected last spring as part […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NE-SARE) program has awarded $149,000 to the University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture. The award will support a yearlong fellowship program for agricultural advisers and farmers working in vegetable and small fruit industries to adapt to challenges related to climate change. The […]

The Maine Climate Council will hold meetings via Zoom on Wednesday, June 17 and Thursday, June 18 from 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. both days. Advance registration is required. There are separate registration forms for each day. More information is online. University of Maine professor Ivan Fernandez serves on the Maine Climate Council and co-chairs the Science […]

The Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) Capsule We installed the world’s highest weather stations on Mount Everest, offering new insights into water resources under climate change, and potentially improving climber safety. Abstract As the highest mountain on Earth, Mount Everest is an iconic peak that offers an unrivalled natural platform for measuring ongoing […]

The Analytical Scientist featured University of Maine researchers taking part in the joint Climate Change Institute-Harvard University Colle Gnifetti Historical Ice Core Project. One of its main goals, according to the story titled “Frozen in Time,” is to study the intricate relationship between humans and the climate by tracking past events through ice cores. Paul […]

  As sea-level rise, extreme weather events and storm surge become more frequent and severe along the Maine coast, people who live there will move inland. Globally, weather-related hazards accounted for more than 230 million displacements from 2008 to 2018, according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center. In 2018 alone, 1.2 million people in the […]

Brenda Hall has been elected a Geological Society of America Fellow for her sustained record of distinguished contributions to geosciences and the GSA through publications, applied research, teaching and contributing to public awareness of geology. Hall is a professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and the Climate Change Institute at the University […]

Scientific American quoted Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, in the article “Will the Earth ‘Remember’ the Coronavirus Pandemic?” Amid widespread lockdowns to combat the coronavirus pandemic, worldwide emissions of carbon dioxide are down by 17 percent since a year ago, and analyses suggest that 2020 will see […]

Springer Nature – Natural Hazards – 5/22/2020 Link to full article here Abstract Archaeological sites are increasingly threatened by primary impacts of climate change, including sea-level rise, flooding, and erosion. These important sites represent cultural heritage and contain unique past environmental, ecological, and climate information. Stewardship of these cultural resources is generally limited to mitigation […]