Climate Change Institute

Smart Water Magazine published a University of Maine news release on a study of dissolved organic carbon in Maine lakes by Kate Warner and Jasmine Saros, researchers in UMaine’s Climate Change Institute and School of Biology and Ecology. The study monitored concentrations of dissolved organic carbon in Maine lakes before and after severe rainstorms and […]

VillageSoup advanced a talk by Alice Kelley, an instructor in the University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Science and research associate professor in the Climate Change Institute. Kelley will discuss Maine’s shell middens at noon April 30 at Merryspring Nature Center in Camden. The talk will focus on the record the middens archive […]

Mount Desert Islander reported Katie Glover, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, will be among the scheduled speakers at the Downeast Climate March in Bar Harbor from 1–3 p.m. April 27. Organized by Indivisible MDI, the march will begin on the Village Green, move to the town pier and […]

AUGUSTA — For Gov. Janet Mills, climate change isn’t just a matter of political debate. For her, it’s an issue that cuts instead to the heart of what Maine is all about. In one recent speech, the 71-year-old Mills wondered if Mainers in the not-too-distant future “may not know the state we call home” if […]

Dr. Brenda Hall, a professor of glacial geology in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute, was awarded the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture at the University of Maine’s 2019 Outstanding Research Award. The award was presented at the college’s annual Celebration of Excellence on April 17. The college […]

Betty Lee Betty Lee, assistant director of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute (CCI), is the recipient of the first annual Outstanding Research Administration Award, recognizing distinguished service by staff who support advancement of UMaine’s research enterprise. The award will be presented April 23 at the Employee Recognition and Awards Luncheon. It was created […]

The University of Maine was well represented at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, April 11–14, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Emily Blackwood (M.S. student in the Climate Change Institute and IPh.D. student) chaired a session, “Advances in Heritage Preservation,” and presented a paper, “Reconstructing the Ostra Collecting Site Using Virtual Reality.” Kit […]

The founding director of the Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE Center), an innovative lecturer who teaches undergraduate mathematics courses, and a researcher in paleolimnology and lake ecology are the recipients of the University of Maine’s top faculty honors this year. Susan McKay, RiSE Center director and professor of physics, will receive the […]

Monitoring concentrations of dissolved organic carbon in Maine lakes before and after severe rainstorms could inform management strategies to help ensure consistent, high-quality drinking water, according to University of Maine researchers. In their study, working with local drinking water districts, Kate Warner and Jasmine Saros, researchers in UMaine’s Climate Change Institute and the School of […]

Kimberly Miner, a research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, will speak at the Geological Society of Washington meeting April 24 in Washington, D.C. Her talk is titled “The secret legacy of glaciers: Assessing the risk of legacy pollution in glacial meltwater.”