Climate Change Institute

University of Maine ecology professor Brian McGill was awarded the Humboldt Research Award, one of the most prestigious scientific honors in Germany. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation awards the prize annually to internationally-renowned scientists who reside outside of Germany. In addition to the cash award of 60,000 euros, or about $71,000, Humboldt awardees are invited […]

Maine Public featured Bonnie Newsom, assistant professor of archaeology at the University of Maine, as a panelist on a ‘Maine Calling’ segment about how archaeology can provide insights into Maine’s past, present and future, and how the field is changing to include Indigenous perspectives and voices.

The Associated Press, CNN, The Guardian, The Independent, Marketplace, Forbes, The Hill, IFLScience, New Scientist and Maine Public cited the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer to report that July 3 and 4 were Earth’s unofficial hottest days on record. The record is preliminary, pending approval from gold-standard climate measurement entities like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]

Wired cited data from the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer showing extremely warm Atlantic Ocean temperatures in an article about whether a forming El Niño will be able to stem this year’s hurricane season.

George Jacobson, professor emeritus of biology, ecology and climate change at the University of Maine, was a panelist on the Maine Public show “Maine Calling” interviewing Gary Hoyle, author of “Mystery Tusk: Searching for Elephants in the Maine Woods,” which tells the story of the first paleontological excavation of a mammoth in Maine, as well […]

Determining how climate change will affect spruce forests along Maine’s coastline and inspiring new ways to conserve them is the goal of a new study by University of Maine faculty and students. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded $643,848 for the project, led by Jay Wason III, […]

The Washington Post interviewed Jacquelyn Gill, associate professor of paleoecology and plant ecology with the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology and Climate Change Institute, for an article about geologic records in Canada’s Crawford Lake reflecting human history’s impact on the environment. “Formalizing the Anthropocene creates a hard and bright line, and you […]

The New York Times and Forbes cited data from the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer about high global and sea surface temperatures in June 2023.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded $650,000 to a University of Maine project investigating the impacts of climate change on wild blueberry ecosystems and economics. Wild blueberry fields provide important crops for the state of Maine. They also support ecosystems by providing water regulation, nutrient cycling, […]

The LA Times reported that Jacquelyn Gill, associate professor of paleoecology and plant ecology with the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology and Climate Change Institute, analyzed fern and fungi spores, pollen grains, leaf fragments and other microscopic traces of prehistoric plant life from crushed mineral samples as part of a NASA-funded project […]