Climate Change Institute

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 […]

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 […]

WABI (Channel 5) covered a Nov. 15 event titled “The University of Maine’s Role in the National Geographic and Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Extreme Expedition to Mount Everest.” The panel discussion held on campus included six UMaine faculty members and students who went on the expedition. The scientists spoke about the role humans play in one […]

At the 38th Annual Northeast Conference on Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory (NCAAE) at Brown University, the first Dan Sandweiss NCAAE Founder’s Award was presented to Richard Daggett of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, in recognition of long-term and active support of the Northeast Conference on Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory and “Andean Past,” founded by Dan Sandweiss […]

Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute and professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on “The Big Blue Marble” podcast with Anwar Knight. In the episode titled, “A Window into the Planet — 29,000 Feet in the Making,” Mayewski spoke about his […]

The University of Maine invites community members and interested collaborators to attend the celebratory launch event of UMaine Arctic on Thursday, Nov. 14 at the Buchanan Alumni House. The reception will feature a poster session, exhibiting activities by faculty and regional partners in the Arctic and in Arctic-impacted regions, to present UMaine activity in the […]

The Bangor Daily News interviewed Sean Birkel, state climatologist and  research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, for an article about how climate change is causing more extreme storms in the state. Since 2017, there have been three extreme storms in Maine, all resulting in hours of rainfall, high wind speeds, […]

Six University of Maine explorers will talk about their experiences participating in the most comprehensive scientific expedition ever conducted on Mount Everest. A free, public panel discussion, “The University of Maine’s Role in the National Geographic and Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Extreme Expedition to Mount Everest,” will be held 1:45–2:45 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, in the […]

Environmental Security Risks in South America INTRODUCTION  Continental-scale risks from climate change affect both regional communities and country dynamics across the world, with climate models forecasting an average global temperature rise of more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. This rise in global temperatures may increase South American environmental security risks through sea level rise, changing weather […]

“The Greater Good,” the podcast series of the University of Maine Graduate and Professional Center, has posted the first of a two-part series on a summer 2019 trip to Greenland by Paul Mayewski of the UMaine Climate Change Institute, Firooza Pavri of the University of Southern Maine Muskie School of Public Service and Charles Norchi […]