Climate Change Institute

Climate Change InstituteThis figure shows the temperature departure from average (1979-2000 baseline) for much of the Northern Hemisphere. This is a typical day for winter 2014-2015. While eastern and notably northeastern U.S. are unseasonably cold, the rest of the Northern Hemisphere is unseasonably warm, and the Arctic is dramatically warmer. Greenhouse gas warming has affected […]

Hudson Students Participate in Follow a Researcher, WABI Reports WABI (Channel 5) reported from Hudson Elementary School where fourth graders are taking part in the new Follow a Researcher program offered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension with support from UMaine’s Climate Change Institute (CCI) and the Maine 4-H Foundation. The program aims to […]

The Climate Change Institute (CCI) at the University of Maine and its director, Paul Mayewski, were mentioned in the Portland Press Herald article, “Looking for edge, Maine plunges into Arctic policy.” Maine is positioning itself as a player in Arctic politics, which could increase opportunities for Maine’s climate researchers and several business sectors, according to […]

B. Grigholm1,*, P.A. Mayewski1, S. Kang2,3, Y. Zhang4,5, U. Morgenstern6, M. Schwikowski7, S. Kaspari8, V. Aizen9, E. Aizen9, N. Takeuchi10, K.A. Maasch1, S. Birkel1, M. Handley1 andS. Sneed1 1Climate Change Institute and School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine. 2State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and […]

  John Mahon receives Aspen Faculty Pioneer Award for his career achievements including the organization and leadership of a unique course in Abrupt Climate Change, Business and Policy taught with Paul Mayewski (Director CCI) and Mike Hastings (Director OSRP).     Mahonbio.pdf PR_Toolkit_Aspen_Faculty_Pioneer_Awards_2014.pdf

Background My research takes a unique viewpoint bridging two distinct histories. I am a trained anthropologist with a focus on human-environment interactions in the context of climate change. I am also a third generation lobsterman who has spent more than 22 years in Maine’s iconic lobster industry. I like to think that my background provides […]

National Geographic Society is funding an archaeological project this summer along the Adriatic Sea in Croatia, led by Gregory Zaro, University of Maine associate professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology. Zaro will be joined by colleagues from the University of Zadar, Croatia, and students from both the University of Zadar and UMaine. The […]

John K. DeLaski, M.D. practiced medicine in the Penobscot Bay region of Maine and, in addition, was a naturalist with keen powers of observation. His study of the landscape led to the conclusion that a thick glacier had overtopped the highest hills, flooded all of Penobscot Bay, extended far to the east and west and […]

The Free Press reported Kisei Tanaka, a doctoral student at the University of Maine, was one of several presenters at the 40th annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum held in Rockport. Tanaka, who spoke during a session on climate change, explained a new computer model developed to show prime lobster habitat in the Gulf of Maine, according […]

Jacquelyn Gill, an assistant professor of paleoecology and plant ecology at the University of Maine, was quoted in an article published in the journal Nature that focuses on sexual harassment and assault during field research and on campuses. The topic has gained less attention in scientific fields with greater gender equality, such as ecology, according […]