Climate Change Institute

University of Maine ecologist Jasmine Saros provided research for a groundbreaking finding about the long-term effects of pollution published in the Dec. 16 issue of the journal Science. The research team, led by Gordon Holtgrieve, a University of Washington postdoctoral researcher, found that nitrogen derived from human activities has polluted lakes throughout the Northern Hemisphere […]

Like many nations with a growing population, South Korea is facing a major overhaul of its water infrastructure. Such an overhaul is even more important on the Korean peninsula, which bears the brunt of some of the most brutal tropical storms on the planet. And climate-change models predict even larger and stronger typhoons on the […]

Wednesday’s unseasonably warm temperature prompted a report in the Lewiston Sun Journal that included an interview with Sean Birkel, a post-doctoral research associate at UMaine’s Climate Change Institute. Birkel said one spell of above- or below-normal weather is not necessarily a symptom of climate change, but historical temperatures show Maine is warming, especially the winters.

CCI’s Ice Core Perspectives website provides an introductory guide for understanding the importance of ice cores in climate research.   The website reveals how ice cores have provided a unique historical perspective on the Earth’s climate including the assessment of human influences on the modern environment. Link to Ice Core Perspectives Website

The University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the taking of the South Pole with two days of events including a keynote address by polar explorer Olav Orheim. Orheim will speak at 7 p.m. on Nov. 21, at the Collins Center for the Arts on the UMaine campus. He will […]

The Adventure and Excitement Behind Climate Research In the Polar Regions and the World’s High Mountains Adventure, The Golden Age of Climate Research, and the Unmasking of Human Innocence Told through stories and restored period photographs Available for iPad, in paper, and as a PDF Paul Andrew Mayewski Director Climate Change Institute,University of Maine Michael […]

Ron and Lee Davis, former UMaine faculty members, will receive the Hands of Peace Award at the upcoming 22nd annual harvest supper, according to a Bangor Daily News report. Ron Davis, who is known locally for his work with the Orono Bog Boardwalk, was affiliated with UMaine’s Climate Change Institute. Lee Davis taught biology and […]

Research being conducted by UMaine forensic anthropologist Marcella Sorg was mentioned in a Central Maine Morning Sentinel story about a 709-acre tract of land in rural Somerset County, Maine, that will be used as a place for disabled veterans to hunt and a variety of other uses, including Sorg’s research. Sorg, who works with the […]

Prof. Karl Kreutz of the UMaine Climate Change Institute was quoted in a Nature story about the fate of a large collection or Arctic ice cores held by the Canadian government.  Scientists who work with the collection differ on the extent to which it’s future is threatened by budget cuts, but Kreutz says he believes […]

The website Futurity.com had a story about a recent study, which included UMaine research, that looked at drill cores taken from Greenland’s ice sheet to determine that Earth’s climate is capable of very rapid transitions. UMaine Ph.D. candidate Aaron Putnam contributed research to the project, which was led by Cardiff University in Wales, U.K. The […]