Climate Change Institute

The Republican Journal reported the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast will offer a series of three professional development workshops on using data to teach about climate and weather. The sessions will be held 4–6 p.m. 10 . 11, 10 . 26 and Nov. 16. The series will be of special interest to middle […]

Jacquelyn Gill, a professor of paleoecology at the University of Maine, was quoted in a CNET article looking at whether genetically modified hybrid animals could rehabilitate ecosystems that have been harmed by human development. By introducing ecological pressures like pollution, poaching, habitat loss, and global climate change, humans have contributed to species dying off at […]

Several University of Maine professors were quoted in the Portland Press Herald article, “Climate refugees could see safety in Maine.” Low-lying coastal communities in the United States face the prospect of “managed retreat” — the deliberate demolition of vulnerable properties following buyouts or abandonment following devastating storms, according to the article. “It’s hard to predict […]

Siwan Davies, a Visiting Professor at the University of Maine, launches a new documentary series on the effects of climate change on the Welsh TV channel S4C. The series “Her yr Hinsawdd” (Climate Challenge) follows Siwan’s personal journey to meet communities that are feeling the brunt of climate change and their efforts to adapt and […]

Olaf Hajek   While singular silver bullet solutions are sometimes sought to slow the progression of ticks and Lyme disease, Susan Elias says it’s important to see the full picture. So the University of Maine Ph.D. candidate and vector-borne disease ecologist asked artist Olaf Hajek to help her convey the whole story with a painting. […]

NPR Interview – Fresh Air Stream Link below http://capeandislands.org/post/summer-gulf-maine-getting-longer-and-stronger#stream/0   The waters off New England’s coast are warming faster than 99.9% of the world’s oceans. A new study finds that summer-like conditions in the Gulf of Maine now last two months longer than they did just a few decades ago. And that’s not necessarily a […]

Alice Kelley, a geoarchaeologist at the University of Maine; and Jacque Miller, a graduate research assistant in the UMaine School of Earth and Climate Sciences, visited the studios of WABI (Channel 5) to discuss their work preserving Maine’s shell middens. Kelley, an associate research professor in the Climate Change Institute, cooperating professor in the Department […]

Emily Nocito, a marine policy graduate student in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, presented her research at  the fourth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC4)in La Serena, Chile. The meeting, which takes place every four years, brings together world leaders to discuss policies for marine protected areas and to address climate change […]

For nearly 300 years, winter storm activity in Alaska and Northwestern Canada has been intensifying and is currently unmatched in magnitude and duration over the past 1,200 years, according to a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. The research, a collaborative effort between Dartmouth University, the University of Maine and the University […]

Mount Desert Islander reported Cindy Isenhour, UMaine professor of anthropology and climate change, and facilitator of the legislature’s Stakeholder Working Group to Address Food Waste in Maine, will participate in a panel discussion following a keynote address by U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree at the College of the Atlantic 09 . 20. Other participants on the […]