Climate Change Institute

The Bangor Daily News reported on a new book written by Ronald Davis, professor emeritus at the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology and Climate Change Institute. Davis’ book, “Bogs and Fens: A Guide to Peatland Plants of the Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada,” was released June 7 by the University Press […]

  For many Mainers, ice-skating and snowmobiling weren’t part of last December’s holiday break. There was open water on lakes and green grass throughout much of the state as daytime high temperatures reached into the 50s. In fact, December 2015 through February 2016 — the meteorological winter — was the warmest or near warmest on […]

Glacial ice core records indicate that humans have significantly altered the atmosphere in Central Asia during the 20th century, say climate scientists from the University of Maine. Climate Change Institute researchers say evidence from ice cores extracted from Inilchek Glacier in the Tien Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan reveals that rapid growth of industry and agriculture […]

Aaron Putnam, the George H. Denton Assistant Professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences, was quoted in articles by The Christian Science Monitor and New Scientist about the effects weather had on the fall of the Mongol Empire. The Mongol Empire swept through Eastern Europe until an abrupt withdrawal in 1242, according to […]

ORONO — When Laura Garey wades into tidal marshes at sunrise to survey saltmarsh sparrows, the University of Maine graduate student also spies deflated balloons, trash and pollutants. Tidal marshes — reservoirs at the intersection of land and sea — also are increasingly being damaged by coastal development, sea-level rise and more frequent storm surges. […]

With the arrival of spring, many Mainers head outside to hike, mow lawns, picnic, and garden. But working and playing outdoors can bring people in contact with deer ticks and tick-borne diseases, including Lyme disease. “Maine in 2014 had the highest incidence of Lyme disease of all the states in the country,” says Susan Elias, […]

When Laura Garey wades into tidal marshes at sunrise to survey Saltmarsh Sparrows, the University of Maine graduate student also spies deflated balloons, trash and pollutants. These reservoirs at the intersection of land and sea also are increasingly being damaged by coastal development, sea-level rise and more frequent storm surges. All of which makes it […]

The Weekly Packet reported the European Geosciences Union is honoring University of Maine explorer, scientist and author Paul Mayewski for his achievements in ice research and climatic change. In addition to his research, Mayewski, director of the UMAine Climate Change Institute, is receiving the 2016 Hans Oeschger Medal in Vienna, Austria, for serving as a […]

WABI (Channel 5) interviewed Aaron Putnam, the George H. Denton Assistant Professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences at the University of Maine, about his ice age research and being awarded one of most prestigious grants for an early-career scientist. In May, Putnam will take the reins of a $591,000 Faculty Early Career […]

The Associated Press reported Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist at the University of Maine, will speak April 19 at the Merryspring Nature Center in Camden about how scientists are looking to the past for clues about threats to modern biodiversity. The assistant professor in the School of Biology and Ecology and the Climate Change Institute will […]