Climate Change Institute

Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. Mayewski spoke about the latest research findings from the Arctic, his insights about the pace and impact of climate change, and the death of fellow climate scientist and UMaine professor Gordon Hamilton.

A video tribute in memory of University of Maine Professor Gordon Hamilton, featuring photos and excerpts from remarks made at his private service Nov. 3. Dr. Hamilton, a University of Maine faculty member in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences, and a researcher with the Climate Change Institute, died in a field accident 10 […]

The Associated Press cited Brian Olsen, an associate professor of biology and ecology at the University of Maine, in a report about the possible extinction of the saltmarsh sparrow. The Connecticut Audubon Society released a report announcing many birds in the state are suffering steady population declines because of a loss of nesting areas, and […]

University of Maine climatologist Sean Birkel, and the Climate Reanalyzer website he oversees, were mentioned in a Science World Report piece on the recent, record-setting temperature jump in the Arctic. Sea ice levels at the North Pole are at an all-time low and the temperature in the region is 36 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than normal.

P.A.Mayewski, A.M. Carleton, S.D. Birkel, D. Dixon, A.V. Kurbatov1,2, E. Korotkikh1,2, J. McConnell4, M. Curran5,6, J. Cole-Dai7, S. Jiang8, C. Plummer5,9, T. Vance5, K.A. Maasch1,2, S.B. Sneed1, and M. Handley1 A primary goal of the SCAR initiated AntClim21 (Antarctic Climate in the 21st Century) Scientific Research Programme is to apply understanding of past and present […]

ORONO, Maine — A University of Maine glaciologist discovered icebergs likely contribute more meltwater to Greenland’s fjords than glaciers do, which can slow the melting rate of glaciers and potentially influence ocean circulation and climate. Greenland, the world’s largest island, is almost entirely covered by a permanent ice sheet that has been shrinking due to […]

The Washington Post, Discover Magazine, Live Science, Pulse Headlines and News and International Business Times cited data from the Climate Reanalyzer, a website run by research assistant professor Sean Birkel at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, in recent stories on the 36 Fahrenheit degree jump in pre-winter temperatures at the North Pole. The […]

The Washington Post used data from the Climate Reanalyzer, a website produced by the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, for a recent story on the unseasonably warm temperatures sweeping North America. The United States, the story notes, experienced its third-warmest 10 ober on record and the warmth has continued into the first part of […]

The Sydney Morning Herald used data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer website in a recent story on the way polar heat waves are causing ice at both ends of the Earth to retreat. According to the website, the story noted, “the Arctic region as a whole continues to be very […]

University of Maine archaeologist and associate professor Brian Robinson died 10 . 27 at his home in Orono after a long illness. He was 63. Robinson held joint appointments in the Department of Anthropology and the Climate Change Institute. Prior to joining the UMaine community in 1989 as an assistant research professor, Robinson worked at […]