Climate Change Institute

Data from the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine was included in the Reuters article, “Extreme heat grips Northern Hemisphere on summer solstice.” The CCI recorded temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere were 0.44 C (0.8 F) above the norm on June 20, compared with a global average of 0.25 C above usual, the […]

University of Maine graduate student Dulcinea Groff has been selected to receive a 2017 Shackleton Academic Scholarship. Groff, a doctoral candidate and NSF IGERT Fellow in ecology and environmental science, is one of five recipients from around the world to receive the annual award. The scholarship is given to graduate students who are pursuing research […]

Increasing temperatures are fostering more favorable conditions for the transmission of malaria into the highlands of Ethiopia, according to a study led by University of Maine associate research professor Bradfield Lyon. Traditionally, the cooler climate in the highlands has provided a natural buffer against malaria transmission. But new data indicate rising temperatures over the past […]

A University of Maine assistant professor of marine policy in the School of Marine Sciences and three UMaine graduate students are taking part in The Ocean Conference this week at the United Nations in New York. Participants are slated to discuss solutions to a range of threats to marine ecosystems, including reducing plastic pollution, expanding […]

As the world warms due to human-induced climate change, variations in the global distribution of rainfall can be expected, impacting water resources in many places on Earth, according to a new study published in the journal Science Advances. The researchers, led by University of Maine glacial geologist Aaron Putnam, predict a seasonal response in rainfall […]

University of Maine archaeologist Daniel Sandweiss talked with ScienceNews about new findings that indicate the earliest settlers of the Americas perhaps curtailed their coastal migration to stay in the area that’s now northwestern Peru. Excavations at two seaside sites in Peru determined that people intermittently stayed there from about 15,000 to 8,000 years ago, according […]

A new analysis of highly detailed ice core data and historical records shows that human-made lead air pollution has been elevated for approximately the last 2,000 years, except for a four-year period during a devastating pandemic in Europe that halted lead mining. The findings have significant implications for current public health and environmental policy that, […]

Sean Birkel, Maine’s state climatologist and a research assistant professor at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, was quoted in the Kennebec Journal article, “Climate changes across Maine likely to bring more severe weather.” At a broad level, Birkel studies what has been happening in Maine over time, according to the article. “The historical […]

Seacoast Online reported Ivan Fernandez, a professor of soil science and forest resources at the University of Maine, will speak about climate change at 6 p.m. June 27 at Wells Reserve. “Maine’s Climate Future — What Do We Do Now?” will focus on the implications of a changing climate for the people and places of […]

ORONO. Maine — “The Art of Climate Science,” a new exhibit of photography and artwork illustrating the diverse research activities of students, faculty and staff of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, will be on display June 16–Sept. 29 at UMaine’s Hutchinson Center in Belfast. An opening reception featuring many of the participating researcher-artists […]