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As climate warms, stronger Saharan dust storms will increase glacier melt, worsen air quality

A groundbreaking study shows that a warming planet will make dust storms more intense in the Mediterranean. Using the highest-resolution continuous climate record ever published, the study explains the connections between dust storms, extended periods of drought, volcanoes and warming in the Mediterranean, Europe and Asia. These ultrahigh-resolution records revealed stronger Saharan dust storms during […]

Iceberg photo for water tower news release.

Scientists rank world’s most important, most threatened mountain water towers

Scientists from around the world, including University of Maine Climate Change Institute director Paul Mayewski, have assessed the planet’s 78 mountain glacier-based water systems and, for the first time, ranked them in order of their importance to adjacent lowland communities, as well as their vulnerability to future environmental and socioeconomic changes. These systems, known as […]

Graduate students speak at middle school about Everest expedition, Sun Journal reports – P. Strand & L. Mattas

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 […]

Saros named Fellow of Association for the Sciences of Limnology & Oceanography

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 […]

WVII interviews Kurbatov about 2 million-year-old ice cores

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 […]

CCI teams with Princeton to analyze 2 million-year-old ice cores

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 […]

Climate Reanalyzer cited in Stock Daily Dish story about brutal cold – S. Birkel

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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Fowler’s clear focus: Understanding drivers of Jordan Pond water clarity changes

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 […]

National Geographic quotes Mayewski in article about melting glaciers

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 […]

UMaine Launches Initiative To Help Mainers Understand How State Is Affected By Arctic Climate

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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