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Live Science Reports on Antarctic Climate Change Research – Mayewski, Kurbatov, Spaulding, & Introne

Live Science reported on climate change research conducted by a team of scientists including Paul Mayewski, Andrei Kurbatov, Nicole Spaulding and Douglas Introne from the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine. The article, “Million-year-old bubbles reveal Antarctica’s oldest climate snapshot,” focused on research led by John Higgins, a geochemist at Princeton University. Higgins’ […]

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Providing Climate Context – UMaine scientists help establish link in past abrupt climate changes in Arctic, Antarctic – Kreutz

A research team that includes University of Maine scientists announced a 60,000-year-old ice core from West Antarctica reveals that ocean currents redistributed past abrupt temperature changes in the Arctic to the Antarctic, a distance of about 11,000 miles. In addition to demonstrating a consistent link between previous sudden, rapid temperature changes in the Arctic and […]

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Mayewski Delivers Keynote at Emergency Management Conference, Media Report

Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute (CCI) at the University of Maine, gave the keynote address at the seventh annual Maine Partners in Emergency Preparedness Conference in Augusta, according to media reports. The two-day event focuses on climate change implications for the state. The Kennebec Journal covered Mayewski’s talk that focused on the […]

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PBS Films Saltwater Sparrows at SHARP Site

The PBS Nature show “Animal Homes: Location, Location, Location” featured a field site of the Saltmarsh Habitat & Avian Research Program (SHARP). University of Maine assistant professor Brian Olsen is a principal investigator with SHARP; its goal is to establish priorities for the long-term conservation of tidal marsh birds. Ecologist Chris Morgan hosted “Animal Homes: […]

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2015 Borns Symposium Award Winners

The Climate Change Institute proudly announces the 2015 Borns Symposium award winners!   The Churchill Award for Outstanding Exploration (2015) Ana Cecilia Mauricio   Harold W. Borns Symposium – Best Presentation Award (2015) 1st Place:  Benjamin Seliger 2nd Place:  Jennifer McCabe 3rd Place:  Jessica Scheick   Harold W. Borns Symposium – Best Poster Award (2015) […]

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5 reasons Maine should care about warming Arctic waters – P. Mayewski

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 […]

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Hudson Students Participate in Follow a Researcher, WABI Reports – Rodda, Hamley

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 […]

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CCI, Mayewski Cited in Press Herald Article on Arctic Policy

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 […]

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20th Century Dust Lows and the Weakening of the Westerly Winds over the Tibetan Plateau – Geophysical Research Letters – B. Grigholm et al.

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 […]

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